V6 XS 4WD
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£8,985
- Year/Month: 2010/0
- Stock ID: T120635
- Transmission: Automatic
- CC: 3000
- Mileage: 148750
- Fuel Type: Diesel
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Do You Know about Catalytic Converter, when you Buy land rover discovery 4 xs for sale. The auto catalyst is primarily used to reduce polluting emissions from the engine. The emissions are an increasingly urgent issue for the car brand, who for years are investing more and more resources in the development of new technologies that minimize the production of NOx by internal combustion engines.Â
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The discussed aspects also derive, if not above all, from the increasingly stringent limitations imposed by authorities in an attempt to reduce the rate of air pollution. Among the devices already used and widespread for this purpose there is the catalytic converter, often also referred to as a car catalyst: let's see below what it is and how it works. What is a car catalyst and how it works often also referred to as a catalytic converter, the catalyst is replaced by the particulate filter in current and advanced cars and vehicles- is a device housed inside the exhaust system of cars driven by an internal combustion engine. From an aesthetic point of view, from the outside it looks like a 'swelling' of a section of the exhaust manifold; it is within that portion that the constituent elements of the device are located.
To Know Better
To understand how a catalytic converter works, it is necessary first of all to understand what a catalyst is and what a catalytic process is. In general, the former is a chemical element capable of speeding up a certain chemical reaction while the latter is the 'accelerated' chemical reaction generated by the former. Over time, the catalyst may lose effectiveness, making the reactionless rapid. Having said that, let's see the auto catalyst how it works. The basic principle is very simple, the exhaust gases produced by the fuel combustion cycle inside the engine pass through a section of the exhaust manifold. Within the latter, the chemical catalyst element promotes an oxidation process of the unburnt hydrocarbons; Hence, it can be stated that a used car buyer should check the status and quality of the discussed part when he reaches used car exporter to pay the land rover discovery 4 xs price.
To be Precise
in other words, thanks to the catalyst, the NOx (carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide) are transformed into carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen. In this way, the plant can reduce emissions of polluting substances. From a technical point of view, the catalyst is a metallic organ (made of palladium or rhodium ) inside which there is a large number of small channels that allow gases to pass (older models have ceramic spheres). Inside the body, there is the chemical element responsible for the catalysis which is fixed to the metal organ during the cooking phase. The characteristics of the car catalyst depend, in fact, on the type of car on which it will be used. In particular, to affect the construction specifications of the system are engine power, the type of power supply; please note that the diesel car catalyst is different from that for petrol-powered cars, the type of pollutant to be reduced and the emissions threshold to comply.Â