pickle reactor
The “Environment Depo” is known in English as a catalytic converter, and it is a component that works very well as its temperature rises, so it is located in the exhaust port of the engine so that the gases generated from combustion do not escape. gasoline. in the atmosphere (gasoline or diesel) before passing through it.
Combustion of fuel inside an engine is not always complete, resulting in toxic gases such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrous oxide NO, or fuel not being completely combustible from the engine. the idea of installing expensive and inefficient filters in a sustainable way, the solution is to accelerate the interaction of gases with each other and with oxygen, causing them to break down and re combined to form non -toxic gases such as carbon dioxide CO2 and nitrogen N2, which are mainly in the air we breathe.
This discovery, built in 1975, that it should be installed in cars, led to a reduction in toxic gas emissions and a significant reduction in damage to the environment and people, while the above did not indicates a reduction in gas emissions. in general and have done a good service to the ability of the engines to operate the cars with greater efficiency.
catalytic reactor components
Externally, this detail resembles all the parts of a car and can never be captivating and dusty on top of it. Inside, it is made of honeycomb cells in a nest of metallic materials that can withstand heat and do not single-react chemically to incoming gases. These minerals are: titanium, palladium, rhodium, nickel, aluminum and platinum.
Some of these metals are considered precious metals, especially platinum, known by another name: white gold, hence the high price of a catalytic reactor, between $ 400 and $ 2,000, depending on the type and size of vehicle.
Theft in Lebanon
“I left my car at the station and went back to look for it without a depot”, “I bought a new car and I saw it without a depot”. The two phrases are repeated in the language of Lebanese citizens who have fallen victim to car thieves who use only a battery-powered iron saw, without the need for complicated connections, to cut pipes and free the reactor. , which is almost outside the locked body of the car. . car, which increases the ease of this process.
According to the owner of the auto repair shop, thieves are not victims of all cars in general, but in some types (we will not mention them so as not to promote promotion) due to the weight of the materials inside of the reactor. the higher the price. There are no good workshops in Lebanon that can process metals. Instead, these stolen items are first sold to landfills, where they are exported to other countries such as Turkey and Germany, where specialized factories reclaim the precious metals. in the process. it costs less than those who pay to mine materials from the ground. It is impossible to chase everything bought and sold here, as these parts do not have serial numbers, such as car engines or their chassis, so they can be easily traced, and thefts are sometimes double the price. of the reactor, which is more than the price of the car, especially if it is old.
Thieves do not target all vehicles in general, but there are some specific types and not others.
In terms of protection, some solutions have been devised, such as installing a metal plate under the car that covers the reactor, making it impossible to access it with ordinary scissors, or simply giving the car a alarm triggered when the car vibrates. Despite the cost of these components, they will protect you from overpaying for a new reactor, especially now in Lebanon with the devaluation of the pound sterling, leaving a young man working in an educational institution. waiting for help from his brother abroad to install the reactor. a new reactor at a price of $ 600.
Today, these thefts may increase due to the global shortage of palladium, which is 30% produced in Russia, which will inevitably lead to an increase in its price, as well as factors related to the economic situation in Lebanon and closures. of the road. .
In the event of a theft, the workshop technician must pay attention to the need to reinstall the new reactor in the car, despite the fact that it can run and move after reconnecting the pipes, but the machine will run to higher power without being achieved. better performance, and therefore uses more fuel. In addition to the fact that this missing reactor car may not pass the mandatory mechanical inspection due to the increase in the percentage of toxic gases emitted from it in a country other than Lebanon, it will result in heavy fines.
