Author : Prasannakumar R S and Pratheeba C N

Mobility plays a crucial role in a country’s economy which offering threat to the environment. Therefore, vehicles that operate with low emissions are the need of the hour. This paper explains about the fundamental understanding of catalytic converter, (automotive pollution control device) and its operations. The pressure and velocity effect inside the catalytic converter is described by using the numerical model and then simulated. Catalytic converters help to reduce the harmful gases emission from the engine exhaust. The model was analysed by commercial CFD reproducing software FLUENT version 13.0.

Keywords: Gas flow, Catalytic converter, Fluent, Exhaust, and Spark ignited engine, Air pollution, Pollution preventer

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.7, No.4 (Aug-2017)