Sources of carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide is the result or product of incomplete combustion typically of a hydrocarbon fuel such as natural gas or petroleum. There are many situations where carbon monoxide can be produced by incomplete combustion.
Symptoms
The symptoms of mild carbon monoxide poisoning may go unnoticed and are similar to a cold or flu virus infection, usually, headache, nausea, abdominal pain, dizziness, sore throat and dry cough. Unlike fluCarbon monoxide poisoning is not a high temperature or high. Superior poisoning can lead to hyperventilation, and difficulties raised irregular heartbeat, confusion, dizziness and breathing. Ultimately, loss of consciousness, convulsions and death are real possibilities.
Facts
Carbon monoxide is the industry controlled and produced in dangerous situations. In industrial applications, is particularly associated with confined spaces where there is the potentialpollution into the atmosphere by the products of incomplete combustion from the exhaust of an engine, generator, boiler system, or contaminants from a line of breathable air.
In many of these situations, the risk of exposure can be minimized or completely eliminated with the use of an oxidation catalyst to convert harmful carbon monoxide which is much less harmful carbon dioxide.
ReactionCO + ½ O2 = CO2
Catalysis
Catalysis is the process bythe rate of reaction is known to increase with the addition of an additional element as a catalyst for the reaction. What makes a catalyst different from a chemical reagent is that, while participating in the reaction, is not consumed in the reaction. That is, the catalyst may undergo several chemical changes during the reaction, but at the end of the reaction, the catalyst is unchanged. Catalysts will be a life in order, as it quickly becomes poisoned or polluted determined.This is where contaminants on the catalyst surface and begin to amaze the collection side of the reaction leads to a decrease in performance of the catalyst to a point where it must be regenerated or replaced.
Carbon monoxide catalyst (oxidation catalyst)
Oxidation catalysts for removing carbon monoxide in various applications, which are typically used in breathing gas.
A series of oxidation catalyst are available, depending on the application and conditionsUSA. All the catalysts operate in a similar way, by converting them to catalyze the reaction of carbon monoxide with oxygen available to the carbon monoxide into harmless carbon dioxide. The treated gas is therefore a measure of oxygen to be effective for the catalyst.
The operation temperature, the levels of carbon monoxide, humidity and the presence of other impurities in the gas stream will all have an impact on the performance of the catalyst and therefore the most appropriateDepends on the type of catalyst.
