Pollution And Fuels

-produced by incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels -odourless and lethal as binds to haemoglobin more strongly than oxygen meaning less oxygen can be carried in the blood and delivered to cells

-soot can have health effects if breathed in (respiratory diseases) and global dimming

Not all fuels burn, unburnt hydrocarbons can be carcinogenic

Can burn to form sulfur dioxide (SO2) which dissolves in air to form sulfuric acid which causes acid rain which can poison catalytic converters

Calcium oxide used in flu gas desulfurization forming calcium sulfate

When nitrogen and oxygen in the air react in the engines of cars due to high temperature to form NOx’s

Can dissolve in air to form acid rain, can form photochemical smog and ozone pollution

The high surface area of the catalyst results from the honeycomb structure and contains rhodium, palladium and platinum catalysts and converts unburnt hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides into carbon dioxide and nitrogen which are less harmful

-bioethanol (from sugars and carbohydrates made by fermentation which need to be distilled) -biodiesel (from soya or (new) plant waste which doesn’t need distillation)

Process that takes in as much carbon dioxide as it releases