These converters help release pollutants from automobile exhaust
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Catalytic converter - Wikipedia  A catalytic converter is an emissions control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in ... These "two-way" converters combined oxygen with carbon monoxide (CO) and .... Three-way catalytic converters can store oxygen from the exhaust gas .... Vehicles fitted with catalytic converters emit most of their total pollution...
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Emissions - US Environmental Protection Agency  EPA 400-F-92-007 August 1994 Fact Sheet OMS-5 Automobile Emissions: An ... from cars comes from by-products of this combustion process (exhaust) and from ... In a "perfect" engine, oxygen in the air would convert all the hydrogen in the fuel ... cannot be "perfect," and automotive engines emit several types of pollutants.
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Car Exhaust - Toxins and Air Pollution - Alpha Online  Attempts to reduce exhaust emissions from gasoline and diesel engines have been ... system and triggers the release of systemic pro-inflammatory responses. ... appears to be a common mechanism of these pro-hypertensive responses. ... Catalytic converters in car exhaust systems reduce air pollution in the best case by...
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Exhaust gas - Wikipedia  Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, ... Motor vehicle emissions contribute to air pollution and are a major ingredient in the creation of ... without carbon); these are not toxic or noxious (although carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming).
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How do catalytic converters work? - Explain that Stuff  Jul 24, 2016 ... Car engines run on gasoline or diesel, which are made from petroleum. ... The pollutant gases made by car engines include a poisonous gas called carbon monoxide, as well as VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and nitrogen oxides that cause "smog" (the sort of choking, cloudy vehicle pollution we all know and hate).
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Caravan, camper, aanhanger - Eurotunnel Le Shuttle  Andere brandstofcombinaties, zoals elektriciteit, diesel en benzine worden wel toegelaten. Controleer hier of uw voertuig voldoet. Er gelden beperkingen op het...
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How to Recycle Catalytic Converters | RecycleNation  May 12, 2015 ... Catalytic converters contain a range of precious metals and can fetch ... metals from a catalytic converter, just as it is not easy to pull the tiny bits of gold from a circuit board. ... Rhodium, like platinum and palladium, is very rare and valuable. ... However, if you notice your car is backfiring, using more fuel than...
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exhaust | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary  exhaust | to drain the energy of; tire out | Definition, pronunciation, examples ... (of steam or other gases) to be emitted or to escape from an engine after being expanded .... Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAINHe could see the exhaust fumes...
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Applications - SWR Corporation  SWR is also an effective internal cleaner of hydraulic and lubrication systems, removing ... Cleaned metal dust, shavings and dirt are precipitated to the bottom, the ... The solution of SWR and water can be reused to treat more waste materials ... Lifts and removes oil and grease that has been baked on to hot engine parts,...
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How Does A Torque Converter Work? | Mister Transmission  Find out why automatic transmission cars need a torque converter and how it works. ... One way to do this is to use a device that physically connects and ... is to use some type of fluid coupling, such as a torque converter, which is located...
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Catalytic converter - Wikipedia  For compression-ignition (i.e., diesel engines), the most commonly used catalytic converter is the diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC). DOCs contain palladium, platinum and aluminium oxide, all of which serve as catalysts to oxidize the hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water.
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Air Pollution: Current and Future Challenges | Overview of the Clean ...  Air Pollution Challenges: Common Pollutants. Great progress has been made in ... EPA in recent years revised standards ... least one of the six common pollutants: ... gasoline under Clean Air Act authority, ... controls required to cut toxic emissions.
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Smog - Wikipedia  Smog is a type of air pollutant. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century as a ... Man-made smog is derived from coal emissions, vehicular emissions, ... Photochemical smog is the chemical reaction of sunlight, nitrogen oxides and ... an effect on smog distribution that is more than fossil fuel combustion alone.
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Hack #11. Put Home Power Outlets in Your Car - Car PC Hacks [Book]  Put Home Power Outlets in Your Car If you need to power a device that doesn't come ... you will need to use a device called an inverter to convert your vehicle's 12V to the 120V ... (In Europe, the voltage waves 110V, 50 times per second). ... Also bear in mind that almost all devices have a current spike when they are first...
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Bad Air: Arctic Science Journeys Radio - Alaska Sea Grant  Bad Air: Alaska Sea Grant's Arctic Science Journeys radio script. ... exhaust is responsible for some 70 percent of carbon monoxide emissions in the ... What we get is cold air that sits and doesn't rise. ... Those levels have kind of leveled off at around 9 parts per million, so we have the ... EPA Air Quality Nonattainment Areas.
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How the charging system works | How a Car Works  So a car has a rechargeable battery and a charging system to keep it topped up. ... The battery is charged by an alternator on modern cars, or by a dynamo on earlier ones. Both are types of generator , and are driven by a belt from the engine. ... The rectifier and regulator are usually inside the alternator housing, but on...
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Thieves Leave Cars, but Take Catalytic Converters - The New York ...  Mar 29, 2008 ... Exactly how much depends on the size of the car and its converter. ... These are definitely occurring more than they have in recent memory,...
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Car Exhaust - Toxins and Air Pollution - Alpha Online  Hydrocarbons react in the presence of nitrogen oxides and sunlight to form ... A number of exhaust hydrocarbons are also toxic, some with the potential to cause cancer. ... In urban areas, the passenger vehicle contribution to carbon monoxide ... hydrocarbon pollution from cars on hot days when ozone levels are highest.
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This Is How An Automatic Transmission Works - Jalopnik  Jul 1, 2013 ... Jalopnik Reviews  Foxtrot Alpha  Black Flag  Truck Yeah  Lanesplitter  The Garage ... The sheer number of moving parts makes them very difficult to comprehend. ... The torque converter is a fluid coupling whose job it is to connect your .... this hydraulic rube goldberg device was successfully engineered,...
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Bel Fuse : Dc-dc converters target PoE and VoIP applications | EE ...  Sep 25, 2007 ... The Bel Power division of Bel Fuse Inc. has released the GHBW53V08 Series of isolated DC-DC converters engineered to power IEEE...
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HOW TO RECOVER PLATINUM FROM CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ...  A. Catalytic converters have precious metal in them, Mario. It's those precious metals that provide the catalytic reaction: when partially burned ... You can't recover it yourself but you have to take it a place that buys gold, metals, scraps. .... Some large converters I pay 140.00 for them and some exotic converters go higher than...