Re: bmw-digest V9 #39

[Robert T Chafin <rtchafin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony wrote:
>Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:54:04 -0400
>From: "Anthony Dusovic" <adusovic@domain.elided>
>Subject: [none]
>
>>>RE: Volvo S80 radiator catalyst--
>>>Volvo partnered with Englehart to put these on the cars.. The idea is
>>>this...A platinum coated radiator that, when at full operating temp
>>>(HOT) catalyzes ozone into O2.  Great concept.  But in test we
>>conducted ...
>
>I agree that it shouldn't work.  Ozone begins to decompsoe back to O2 at
>around 370 F.  It is very difficult to maintain your flow rate and velocity
>low enough through a radiator while driving your car to get your gas up to
>this temperature.
>
>Ozone is heavier than O2 and Air so it does tend to settle at lower
>elevations.  When we set up ambient ozone monitoring at a plant, we
>generally set the sample points closer to the ground.
>
>If anyone is interested in the many "Good" uses for ozone stop by my
>companies web site:
>http://www.ozonia.com
>
>Cheers for now,
>Anthony
>
Correct me if I'm wrong (of course) but a catalyzed reaction doesn't
require the same high temperatures that a "naturally" occurring one does.
Englehard worked with other companies besides just Volvo on this
misbegotten catalyzing radiator idea, including my former employer (name
withheld to protect the sane). The technology worked, in a manner of
speaking,  but the cost per car and the benefit per city just didn't
justify it.

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