Catalytic Converters: Design and Durability e-Seminar with Ron Heck and Suresh Gulati

Catalytic Converters: Design and Durability e-Seminar

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Instructors Ron Heck and Suresh Gulati take you from the early development of catalytic converters and the key inventions that made them viable to the recent advances in converter technology required to meet the ever stringent emissions regulations for both light-off and underbody converters. Applications of converter design to gasoline-powered cars, trucks and motorcycles is presented -- the choice of materials; the design, durability and performance of various components that comprise the converter system; the importance of packaging design for ensuring 100k vehicle mile durability; and sizing of the converter as it relates to conversion efficiency, backpressure and physical durability. Based on the popular classroom seminar, the ten hour, 45 minute course is divided into 12 modules on four CDs and is accompanied by a handbook and a textbook. This e-Seminar will be especially beneficial for mechanical, metallurgical and chemical engineers, materials scientists, and chemists involved in heterogeneous catalysis, who are interested in handling, assembling, and failure analysis of catalytic converters.

About the Instructors: Ron Heck & Suresh Gulati
Dr. Ron Heck is currently an independent consultant. Previously, he was a research manager responsible for developing catalyst technology for Engelhard Corporation's worldwide customers in automotive catalyst. He has worked on the development of catalytic processes in SCR NOx, NSCR NOx, automotive catalyst, diesel catalyst, PremAirTM catalyst systems, hydrogenation technology, ozone abatement, volatile organic compound abatement, ammonia oxidation, chemical feedstock purification and chemical synthesis. He is a member of American Men and Women of Science and Who's Who in Technology Today. Dr. Heck is the author of over 80 publications in commercial applications of catalysts and holds 28 U.S. patents on catalytic processes. He is the co-author of the book with Dr. Farrauto entitled "Catalytic Air Pollution Control: Commercial Technology" and is the co-editor of the NewsBrief section of Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. Dr. Heck received his B.S. in chemical engineering and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

Dr. Suresh Gulati was a Research Fellow in the Science and Technology Division of Corning Inc. where he specialized in the behavior of glass, glass-ceramics and ceramics subjected to mechanical and thermal loads, their fatigue and fracture properties and their long-term reliability. He is a member of American Men and Women of Science and Who's Who in Technology Today. Dr. Gulati is the author of 200 publications in the area of ceramic catalyst supports, fiber optics, liquid crystal display glasses, cathode ray tubes, space windows, automotive windshields, and stepper lenses made from high purity fused silica. Before joining Corning, Dr. Gulati held positions with Cornell University, the University of Colorado, and Continental Can Company. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Bombay, India, an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Illinois Tech, and a Ph.D. in applied mechanics from the University of Colorado.

Is this e-Seminar for You?
If you are a mechanical, metallurgical or chemical engineer, materials scientist, or chemist involved in heterogeneous catalysis who is interested in handling, assembling, and failure analysis of catalytic converters, this e-Seminar is for you. It is recommended that you have a basic familiarity with automotive emission for gasoline engines to get the most benefit from this course.

About e-Seminars
SAE "e-Seminars" are electronically delivered seminars on CD-ROM featuring full-motion video illustrated with synchronized presentation slides. e-Seminars are based on some of SAE's most highly attended and rated classroom seminars.