Abstract
Students at Rowan University carried out an experiment aimed at exploring the automotive catalytic converter. Light-off experiment was performed above the 468°C autoignition temperature of propane. It was found that the light-off temperatures at 50% conversion of propane are 620 and 538°C at 14.5 and 7.76 L/min. Through this experiment, students were able to see the catalyst, measure gas-phase concentrations and flowrates, and model the reactor and find the reaction-rate parameters using a nonlinear regression of the data.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 240-245 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 34 |
| No | 3 |
| Specialist publication | Chemical Engineering Education |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)