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STUDY OF AUTOMOBILE
EXHAUST SYSTEM
Exhaust Manifold
Exhaust Pipes
Catalytic Converter
Muffler
NOx nitrogen oxide forms when fuels are burned at high temperatures.
Themainmufflerabsorbs thenoiseofthe
exhaustgasandiscomposedofanouter
shell,innerplates,innerpipes,endplates
andothercomponents.
Itcontainsadeceptivelysimplesetoftubes
thatarefinelytunedtoreflectthesound
wavesproducedbyanenginesothatthey
canceleachotherout.
Designs of muffler
VectorMuffler-forlargerdieseltrucks,usesmanyconcentric
cones.
SpiralBaffleMuffler-forregularcars,usesaspiral-shaped
bafflesystem.
TAILPIPE
Thetail pipe isendof
thefinallengthof
exhaustpipewhich
endswithjustastraight
orangledcutwhereit
ventstoopenair.
Importance of exhaust system
Theexhaustsystemhasthreemajorfunctions:
Tochanneloutthewasteproductsofcombustionoutoftheengine.
Toreducethenoisegeneratedbytheengine.
Tocleanuptheemissionsthatareharmfultotheenvironment.
Toreducethepollutionandtoincreasetheefficiencyoftheengine.
REFERENCES
1) Multi objective Design Optimization of merging configuration
of an exhaust manifold of a car engine by Masahiro kanazaki
et al.
2) Market Delivery of ultra-low carbon vehicles in UK by Ben
Lane.
3) Low carbon cars by reducing dissipation in hydrogen hybrids
by Kevin Kendall et al.
4)Present and Future Trends of Stainless Steel for
AutomotiveExhaust System by Yoshiharu INOUE and Masao
KIKUCHI submitted in July 2003
5) Automobile engineering by Robert Siegel 2. John R. Howell
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