Conductometric Sensor for Soot Mass Flow Detection in Exhausts of Internal Combustion Engines
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Sensor Setup
2.2. General Sensor Characteristics
2.3. Engine Parameters and Analytics
3. Results
4. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Feulner, M.; Hagen, G.; Müller, A.; Schott, A.; Zöllner, C.; Brüggemann, D.; Moos, R. Conductometric Sensor for Soot Mass Flow Detection in Exhausts of Internal Combustion Engines. Sensors 2015, 15, 28796-28806. https://doi.org/10.3390/s151128796
Feulner M, Hagen G, Müller A, Schott A, Zöllner C, Brüggemann D, Moos R. Conductometric Sensor for Soot Mass Flow Detection in Exhausts of Internal Combustion Engines. Sensors. 2015; 15(11):28796-28806. https://doi.org/10.3390/s151128796
Chicago/Turabian StyleFeulner, Markus, Gunter Hagen, Andreas Müller, Andreas Schott, Christian Zöllner, Dieter Brüggemann, and Ralf Moos. 2015. "Conductometric Sensor for Soot Mass Flow Detection in Exhausts of Internal Combustion Engines" Sensors 15, no. 11: 28796-28806. https://doi.org/10.3390/s151128796