The usage of lean-burn engines is a promising strategy for improving the fuel economy of vehicles and reducing the emission of greenhouse gas CO2. The most complex challenge for leanburn engines is the need to find a solution for the increased levels of NOx emissions. Lean NOx trap (LNT) or NOx storage-reduction (NSR) catalysts provide a very effective method for NOx removal in lean-burn gasoli...

Structured catalysts for the simultaneous removal of soot and nitrogen oxides were prepared by means of coating cordierite monoliths with alumina-based suspensions containing Cu, Co or Fe and Cs as the catalytically active phase. Textural and chemical properties of the coated monoliths were determined by means of N2-physisorption, SEM and temperature programmed reduction. Their activity in the ...

Decomposition of formaldehyde (HCHO) by a microplasma reactor in order to improve Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) was achieved. HCHO was removed from air using one pass through reactor treatment (5 L/min). From an initial concentration of HCHO of 0.7 ppm about 96% was removed in one pass treatment using a discharge power of 0.3 W provided by a high voltage amplifier and a Marx Generator with MOSFET s...

During the 1993 NASA Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE), anomalously low nitric oxide (NO) was found in a distinct sunlit layer located above the mid-latitude tropopause. The presence of a significant amount of reactive nitrogen (NOy) in the layer implies the systematic removal of NO, which is without precedent in stratospheric in situ observations. Large inc...

Pongamia pinata methyl ester (PPME) is chosen as alternative fuel for diesel engines. It is renewable and offer potential reduction in CO; HC and smoke emissions due to higher O2 contents in it compared to diesel fuel but higher nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the atmosphere cause serious environmental problems, such as photochemical oxidant, acid rain, and global warmi...

Pt/K2CO3/MgAlOx-reduced graphene oxide (Pt/K/MgAlOx-rGO) hybrids were synthesized, characterized and tested as a promising NOx storage and reduction (NSR) catalyst. Mg-Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were grown on rGO via in situ hydrothermal crystallization. The structure and morphology of samples were thoroughly characterized using various techniques. Isothermal NOx adsorption tests indic...