Use of Catalytic Converter for Achieving Efficient and Economic Emission Reduction

Abstract

Stringent international emission rules according to MARPOL ANNEXURE VI have made, finding more economical ways to fight emissions, an immediate need of the hour. A major step in this direction can be taken by the inclusion of a catalytic converter which has proven time and again to be of immense use in reducing harmful emission gases upto a considerable level. Despite its use of expensive metals like platinum and palladium, the method is researched upon for its economical use in the shipping industry versus the conventional method already being used, i.e., the selective catalytic reduction (SCR). The catalytic converter inter-alia occupies less space for the same operation as a SCR plant.