The final thesis presents development of a dimensionless thermal model of an SCR catalytic converter for a diesel bus, which simulates the temperature of the catalytic converter monolith and the outlet temperature of exhaust gases. Based on existing models from literature, a physical model was developed in dimensionless form that operates fast enough to simulate temperatures in real-time. The model was calibrated based on measurements carried out on a intercity diesel engine powered bus in real traffic flow, where emissions were measured with mobile emission measurement equipment and engine parameters were measured with vehicle state data loggers. The model has a small number of input parameters and can be calibrated to any other catalytic converter.
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