2. INTRODUCTION
• Major problem faced by today’s world is environmental polluti
on.
• Of these vehicular traffic is a major contributor .
• Exhaust gases from vehicles includes CO,CO2,HC,NOx …..
• Of these NOx is particularly very harmful.
• These are one of the chief constituents of smog, which have
an adverse effect on ecological systems.
• They also contribute to the formation of acid rain.
• NOx also cause breathing illness in human beings.
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3. FORMATION OF NOx.
• The factors that cause diesel engines to run more eff
iciently than gasoline engines also cause them to ru
n at a higher temperature.
• This leads to the creation of nitrogen oxides (NOx).
• Fuel in any engine is burned with extra air and some
of the oxygen is used to burn the fuel.
• When the peak temperatures are high enough for lo
ng periods of time, the nitrogen and oxygen in the air
combines to form Nitrogen oxides.
• These are normally collectively referred to as “NOx”.
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4. HOW CAN NOx BE REDUCED?
• In order to reduce NOx a engine should run at a lower tem
perature than the normal temperature.
• Reduced cylinder temperatures can be achieved in three w
ays.
1. Enriching the air fuel mixture
2. Lowering the compression ratio and retarding igniti
on timings
3. Reducing the amount of Oxygen in the cylinder
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5. EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION
• Exhaust Gas Recirculation is an efficient method to redu
ce NOx emissions from the engine.
• It works by recirculating a quantity of exhaust gas back to
the engine cylinders.
• Intermixing the recirculated gas with incoming air reduce
s the amount of available O2 to the combustion And lowe
rs the peak temperature of combustion.
• Recirculation is usually achieved by piping a route from t
he exhaust manifold to the intake manifold.
• A control valve within the circuit regulates and times the
gas flow.
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11. CONCLUSION
• Using Exhaust Gas Recirculation Technique in engines, the
emissions are vary much controlled due to lesser amounts of
NOx entering the atmosphere.
• Exhaust Gas Recirculation is a very simple method. It has pr
oven to be very useful and it is being modified further to attai
n better standards.
• This method is very reliable in terms of fuel consumption
• EGR is the most effective method for reducing the nitrous oxi
de emissions from the engine exhaust.
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