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                                        Symbols and Abbreviations




                   a       : amplitude
                   A       : Area
                   ArF     :  airhel ratio
                   b       :  amplitude
                   CA      : Crank Angle
                   CARB    : California Air Resources Board
                   CP      : specific heat
                   CPU     :  Central processing unit
                   DF      :  Dilution factor
                   E       : Heat
                   ECU     : Electronic control unit
                   EHC     : Electrically Heated Catalyst
                   EGO     :  Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensor
                   EGR     : Exhaust Gas Recirculation
                   EPA     : Environmental Protection Agency of United States of America
                   EPO     : European Patent Office
                   f       :  frequency
                   FTP     : Federal Test Procedure
                   HEGO  :  Heated Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensor
                   i       :  Integral
                   I       :  Electric current
                   I C.E.   : Internal Combustion Engine
                   k       :  constant
                   KI      :  integration correction amount
                   K,      :  skip correction amount
                   L       :  length
                   LED     : Light emitting diode
                   LEV     : Low Emissions Vehicle
                   m       : mass flow
                   MIL     : malfunction indication lamp
                   NEEGO  : Non-Equilibrium Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensor
                   NEDC    : New European Driving Cycle
                   OBD     : On-Board Diagnostics
                   P       : phase shift
                   0       : mass flow, volume flow, heat transfer rate
                   S       : Area
                   SAE     : Society of Automotive Engineers
                   SOF     : Soluble Organic Fraction
                   SCR     : Selective Catalytic Reduction
                   t       : time
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