COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY This exhaust thermal reactor program@ which is being conducted within the Departments of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at The University of Michigan over a three-year period has the following broad objectives: ? To quantify the effects that the various chemical and physical processes have on emission characteristics of exhaust thermal reactors installed on selected typical engines operating at various conditions on a dynamo-meter test stand. ? To obtain concentration measurements of pertinent chemical species and classes at the entrance to@ within@ and at the exit from thermal reactors@ and from this data to determine gross chemical reaction rates. ? To obtain information which will be helpful in predicting the design of gasoline engine exhaust reactors. To develop a computer model for thermal reactors. The program has been divided into three phases of study. These are: Phase I - Multi Cylinder and single cylinder engine mounted reactor experimental evaluation. Phase II Computer model development. Phase III- Special instrumentation development and measurements. The current report details progress during the second year. Progress during the first year was detailed in Annual Progress Report No.1.
API 4097-1971 history
1971API 4097-1971 kinetics of Oxidation and Quenching of Combustibles in Exhaust Systems of Gasoline Engines