Has anyone had the chance to try this type of product to save gas? Excerpt from a white paper.
How is the Platinum/Rhenium Technology able to reduce siniu'Ltaneou5lv the HC and Co so significantly And why cannot the combustion of the gasoline and air do it by itself?
The problem is that under the ordinary gasoline engine conditions, only about 80% of the O2 molecules go to the radical state of O2. And only, radical oxygen O2 can oxidize. 02 cannot oxidize.
Therefore, after the formation of the H 2 0 and CO, there is only enough 0= remaining to oxidize about 55% of the CO to CO2. The Co that does not oxidize to CO 2 appears as 5% to 6% of CO in the exhaust gases.
Reducing CO. Means oxidizing more Co to C02 Excess air may be added to the combustion chamber to get more radical oxygen, 0= available to oxidize the CO to CO2 And this can reduce the CO to 3% or 1% or even less.
However, this excess air does not reduce total unburned fuel (pollution), because the extra air inside the combustion chamber is parasitic and cools the flame. And as the temperature etc) fewer hydrocarbons (HC) crack, raising HC in the exhaust gases,
Therefore, to have low HC and CO simultaneously, you must either catalyze the cracking of the HC Molecule, or analyze the cracking of the O2 molecule, or both, And one thing is certain. You do not want to catalyze the cracking of the hydrocarbons because if you reduce tire the temperature at which the hydrocarbon will crack, you will have engine knock,
Therefore, you can, accomplish the improved combustion only by catalyzing the cracking of the O2 to O=, without additional air. That is precisely what platinum and rhodium does in our Platinum/Rhodium Technology
By cracking a higher percentage of the O2 to O=, the platinum and rhodium allow more radical oxygen, O=2, to be available to oxidize the CO to CO2 without additional air, and therefore without increasing HC
Therefore the only legitimate test of the complete technology is to adjust the air/fuel mixture screw, at idle, to a maximum of 1% CO, and a maximum of 250 PPM HC after the process has initialized itself ? after about 1,000 kilometers of driving with the Platinum/Rhodium Technology.
Reduction of NOX is brought about by preventing the cracking of the N2 molecule, while and by promoting the cracking of any Nox molecule that may have been formed
This is the second function of the rhodium. The rhodium inhibits the cracking of the N molecule, while catalyzing the cracking of any NOX, while ? as we mentioned earlier ? promoting the catalyst of the cracking of the O2 to 0=.
How is the Platinum/Rhenium Technology able to reduce siniu'Ltaneou5lv the HC and Co so significantly And why cannot the combustion of the gasoline and air do it by itself?
The problem is that under the ordinary gasoline engine conditions, only about 80% of the O2 molecules go to the radical state of O2. And only, radical oxygen O2 can oxidize. 02 cannot oxidize.
Therefore, after the formation of the H 2 0 and CO, there is only enough 0= remaining to oxidize about 55% of the CO to CO2. The Co that does not oxidize to CO 2 appears as 5% to 6% of CO in the exhaust gases.
Reducing CO. Means oxidizing more Co to C02 Excess air may be added to the combustion chamber to get more radical oxygen, 0= available to oxidize the CO to CO2 And this can reduce the CO to 3% or 1% or even less.
However, this excess air does not reduce total unburned fuel (pollution), because the extra air inside the combustion chamber is parasitic and cools the flame. And as the temperature etc) fewer hydrocarbons (HC) crack, raising HC in the exhaust gases,
Therefore, to have low HC and CO simultaneously, you must either catalyze the cracking of the HC Molecule, or analyze the cracking of the O2 molecule, or both, And one thing is certain. You do not want to catalyze the cracking of the hydrocarbons because if you reduce tire the temperature at which the hydrocarbon will crack, you will have engine knock,
Therefore, you can, accomplish the improved combustion only by catalyzing the cracking of the O2 to O=, without additional air. That is precisely what platinum and rhodium does in our Platinum/Rhodium Technology
By cracking a higher percentage of the O2 to O=, the platinum and rhodium allow more radical oxygen, O=2, to be available to oxidize the CO to CO2 without additional air, and therefore without increasing HC
Therefore the only legitimate test of the complete technology is to adjust the air/fuel mixture screw, at idle, to a maximum of 1% CO, and a maximum of 250 PPM HC after the process has initialized itself ? after about 1,000 kilometers of driving with the Platinum/Rhodium Technology.
Reduction of NOX is brought about by preventing the cracking of the N2 molecule, while and by promoting the cracking of any Nox molecule that may have been formed
This is the second function of the rhodium. The rhodium inhibits the cracking of the N molecule, while catalyzing the cracking of any NOX, while ? as we mentioned earlier ? promoting the catalyst of the cracking of the O2 to 0=.