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REMEDIES
• Power stations and furnaces emit 22% of the NOx (motor vehicles 70%) in SE-Qld.
• Improved
burner design can reduce emissions in these large stationary sources.
• Catalytic
converters in automobile engines
convert CO, NOx and hydrocarbons (VOCs).
2NO + 2CO ® N2 + CO2 2CO + O2 ® 2CO2
convert CO, NOx and hydrocarbons (VOCs).
2NO + 2CO ® N2 + CO2 2CO + O2 ® 2CO2
VOC + xO2 ® yCO2 + zH2O greenhouse gas!
The catalysts are supported Pt
& Rh which reduce NOx and oxidise CO &
VOCs.
• The key to reducing smog is to reduce
the
NOx level. The car fleet grows at a rate that negates improved emission technology.
NOx level. The car fleet grows at a rate that negates improved emission technology.
