AUTOMOTIVE POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES. IN: MAKING URBAN TRANSPORT SUSTAINABLE

This chapter first briefly discusses the gaseous pollutants from combustion of fossil fuels, and then reviews the forms that the new generation of vehicle technologies, aimed at reducing pollution, will take. Current research and development of electric vehicles, fuel cells, and hybrid electric engines that will greatly reduce both fuel consumption and emissions are considered. It is highlighted that gasoline engines will still be used for many years to come, and current research into reducing pollution from such engines is discussed. A new development in pollution control is reported that uses microwave energy to treat exhaust gases from standard internal combustion engines, a development capable of extracting most of the carbon from engine emissions along with most other pollutants.

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• Authors:
  • Destefani, C
  • Siores, E
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 84-100
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  • Publication of: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive engineering; Carbon inorganic compounds; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Internal combustion engines; Microwave devices; Motor vehicles; Pollutants; Polluting gases; Pollution control; Sustainable development
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

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• Accession Number: 00968165
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0333981987
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 2004 12:00AM