Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Redesign of Catalytic Converter

T. Sekar, Mr. P. Kumaran, S. Mohana Murugan, A. Sivasubramanian

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An improvement of catalytic converter design requires better fundamental understanding of complex processes taking place involving fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. The project deals with the study of fluid flow inside the catalytic converter and the study of temperature distribution and back pressure in catalytic converter. Based on the outcome of the study, simulation has been conducted to redesign the catalytic converter to provide better efficiency, ease reusability and replaceable ceramic instead of replacing the complete unit, using ANSYS-13 on fluid dynamics (CFX). CATIAV5R17 and SOLIDWORKS have been used for geometric modeling of catalytic converter which intern used in ANSYS designing. Flow field in the catalytic converter is influenced by the flow resistance of the substrate for a given geometric configuration. As the mass flow rate increases, the pressure drop also increases. At lower temperature, the catalytic converter will be inactive.

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T. Sekar, Mr. P. Kumaran, S. Mohana Murugan, A. Sivasubramanian Redesign of Catalytic Converter International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 7 July 2014

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