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Old 01-16-2004, 04:33 PM
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A cure for the Dieseler's NOxs

Even if you burn veggie, you can't get away from the NOxs.

Maybe.

Check this out: http://www.chemweb.com/alchem/articles/1066207373279.html

You'll have to take three or four minutes to register to read it, but the site has a lot of cool stuff on it.

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In trials with the bus, adding the plasmatron and an adsorption catalyst exhaust-treatment system resulted in removal of up to 90% of NOx emissions, says Daniel Cohn of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

The plasmatron reformer also cut the amount of fuel consumed by the catalytic converter: "The adsorption catalyst system under consideration requires additional fuel," he says, "but the plasmatron reduced its fuel consumption by a factor of two." Cohn noted that the plasmatron reformer also allowed the NOx absorption catalyst to be effective at the low exhaust temperatures characteristic of urban use.
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