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. 2020 May 6;20(9):2659. doi: 10.3390/s20092659
a filter channel width
cpsi cells per square inch
cCO concentration of carbon monoxide
cCO2 concentration of carbon dioxide
cO2 oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas
cp,exhaust heat capacity of exhaust gas
csoot soot concentration in the exhaust gas
DPF diesel particulate filter
ds thickness of soot cake
ds,deep virtual thickness of soot deposited in deep bed
EA activation energy for soot oxidation
F factor equal to 28.454
fCO factor describing the ratio of CO2 to CO during soot oxidation
fres resonant frequency
GDI gasoline direct injection
GPF gasoline particulate filter
kc reaction rate constant
kc,0 pre-exponential factor
Mc molar mass of carbon
merr sensor error
msoot soot mass deposited in the filter
msoot,bed soot mass collected using deep bed filtration
msoot,cake soot mass deposited in the soot cake
m˙exhaust exhaust gas mass flow rate
m˙soot,in soot mass flow rate into the exhaust gas system
m˙soot,exhaust soot mass flow through the filter walls
n reaction order of the soot oxidation
Q0 quality factor
Q˙GPF heat flow into GPF caused by the exhaust gas
R gas constant
RF radio frequency
TE111 resonance mode in the filter canning
TGA thermogravimetric analysis
TGPF temperature of the GPF substrate
Tinlet gas temperature in the inlet channels
Toutlet gas temperature in the outlet channels
vw gas velocity through the filter channel walls
ws thickness of the filter channel walls
αcake filter penetrability caused by the soot cake
αdeep filter penetrability caused by the deep bed filtration
αclean filter penetrability without the soot loading
αfilter filter penetrability
Δp differential pressure
εfilter real part of the filter permittivity
εfilter imaginary part of the filter permittivity
εsoot real part of the soot permittivity
εsoot imaginary part of the soot permittivity
εsubstrate real part of the filter substrate permittivity
εsubstrate imaginary part of the filter substrate permittivity
η dynamic viscosity of the exhaust gas
ηbed deep bed filtration efficiency
ηcake soot cake filtration efficiency
κ0 filter wall permeability
κchannel filter channel permeability
κs soot cake permeability
κs,deep deep bed permeability
λ air–fuel ratio
ρ exhaust gas density
ρGPF filter density
ρsoot soot density
ρsubstrate filter substrate density
σ conductivity
ϕ fraction of the soot in the deep bed contributing to the soot cake formation
μ magnetic permeability