| Global warming has now becoming a major issue | | | | platinum, rhodium and/or palladium. The |
| and most of the time the common culprit is | | | | purpose is to create a structure that exposes |
| air pollution due to the harmful emissions of | | | | the maximum surface area of the catalyst to |
| cars. That is why numerous car companies have | | | | the exhaust flow, while also minimizing the |
| come up with different ways to battle this | | | | amount of catalyst required. Inside Saturn |
| issue. One recent solution is the | | | | catalytic converters are honeycomb set of |
| introduction of hybrid cars in the market. | | | | passageways or small ceramic beads coated |
| Not only does it cost less because it uses | | | | with catalysts. A chemical reaction then |
| less gas, it also helps the environment. | | | | takes place to make the pollutants less |
| Another common alternative is the | | | | harmful. |
| installation of catalytic converters. | | | | |
| | | | Saturn catalytic converters operate in three |
| Saturn catalytic converters basically reduce | | | | stages. The first stage is the reduction |
| harmful emissions of vehicles. In order to | | | | catalyst, where platinum and rhodium are used |
| reduce emissions, modern car engines | | | | to help reduce the NOx emissions. Next, it |
| carefully control the amount of fuel they | | | | reduces the unburned hydrocarbons and carbon |
| burn. They try to keep the air-to-fuel ratio | | | | monoxide by burning them over a platinum and |
| very close to the calculated ideal ratio of | | | | palladium catalyst. The final stage is a |
| air to fuel called, stoichiometric point. | | | | control system that monitors the exhaust |
| Most cars today are equipped with a three-way | | | | stream and uses this information to control |
| catalytic converter. This refers to the three | | | | the fuel injection system. |
| emissions it helps to reduce, carbon | | | | |
| monoxide, hydrocarbons or volatile organic | | | | Through the help of various innovations like |
| compounds (VOCs) and NOx molecules. A | | | | Saturn catalytic converters, problems |
| catalytic converter uses two different types | | | | regarding the environment will not be hard to |
| of catalysts, a reduction catalyst and an | | | | fight. All Saturn vehicles are equipped with |
| oxidization catalyst. Both consist of a base | | | | high quality Saturn catalytic converters that |
| structure coated with a catalyst such as | | | | will release less harmful emissions. |