Car Exhaust Purification System To Reduce Air Pollutants Of Car Engines

Sohaib Ali Maghnam, Hazem Husam Aldean Khadash

, Jubilee School, Amman, JORDAN

One of the main reasons for excessive pollution in the world is the huge amounts of Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emitted by car engines. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011); 20,000 cases are registered every year as unintentional CO poisoning in the U.S. alone, and 400 of those cases end with death. Therefore; the aim of this research is to investigate car engines` pollution and to suggest a better way of treating CO and CO2 gases respectively. Could the amounts of CO and CO2 harmful gases emitted by car engines be minimized using Car Exhaust Purification System (C.E.P.S)? Two special parts have been designed to treat both gases. The first part is stuffed with rock wool to insulate heat and contains the substance Hematite (Fe2O3) which will be responsible for treating CO gas by converting it to CO2. The second part contains Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) which will be responsible for treating CO2 gas by converting it to Potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3). The result of this study pointed out reduced amounts of CO and CO2 gases emitted from car exhausts, producing in the end completely safe substances using low cost technology. In the final analysis; C.E.P.S is strongly recommended to be used in treating CO and CO2 gases emitted by car engines.