Pollution Research Paper

Vol 39, Issue 4, 2020; Page No.(1002-1008 )

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON LOW TEMPERATURE GLOW PLASMA BASED EXHAUST SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION FOR STATIC AND DYNAMIC APPLICATIONS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

AKHILESH K. DEWANGAN, ISHAM PANIGRAHI, R.K. PARAMGURU AND PRAKASH GHOSE

Abstract

Continuous increase in air pollution has become one of the major challenges to balance the earth’s biosphere. Exhaust emissions from automobile contributes significantly to air pollution, thus there is a need to control the pollutants of these emissions. To solve this problem, Low temperature glow plasma setup is installed in the filtration of exhaust gas of CI diesel engine and car for separating and removing hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) molecules. The system consists of diesel particulate filter mounted with sets of plasma reactor to generate low temperature glow plasma and activated carbon molecules on the sides of the reactor to absorb soot and hydrocarbons. Thus at the end of the gas purification process, the harmful polluting gases such as NOx, soot and carbon monoxide (CO) have been efficiently cleaned.