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THE « CHEMISTRY AND NATURE » PROJECT
CHEMISTRY AND NATURE
Launching a project is good. Broadening
its base and scope of action to give vigour
and life to the ideas that underpin it is much
better. Although we are constantly being
warned about the deterioration of our
environment and about the state of the
Planet, we feel that we lack the necessary
resources and hesitate to take concrete action.
However, each local initiative in the field
of environmental protection raises the
awareness of the populations and goes some
way towards improving the situation. That
is the philosophy behind the environmental
information and training programme launched
by a Solvay team in 1997 in the poor villages
neighbouring the Elclor factory. Presented
in a very accessible manner, this information
often triggers projects that are run by the
local communities themselves (e.g. community
kitchen gardens, selective waste collection,
tree planting programmes). The idea has since
gained ground and today the project has been
restructured into a more direct appeal for
action. With the help of NGOs or schools, it is
gradually spreading to other towns around
São Paulo. 30 000 persons have already seen
their efforts supported by the Chemãstry
and Nature project and associate the image
of the Solvay group with that of sustainable
development.
> Edvam Fonseca; Lisandre Assis; Edison Carlos.
> BSC MERCOSUR
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GREEN DIESEL: SOLUTIONS REDUCING THE EXHAUST
EMISSIONS OF DIESEL ENGINES
THE DRIVE FOR GREEN DIESEL
The diesel engine is the big favorite among
drivers and allows a reduction of the CO2
emissions. The diesel market, United States
included, is booming and is forcing industrialists
to find short-term solutions to drastically cut
down on its environmental nuisances: diesel is a
big generator of particulates and of nitrogen
oxides (NOx). SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction)
is the solution recently selected to reduce this NOx
and the particulates filter, acting with an additive
mixed to the diesel, is one of the solutions in
competition to allow an efficient combustion of
the soot. The demand is such that SCR systems
should enter production in 2008 that is two years
earlier than initially planned. To meet
this challenge, Inergy Automotive System
has adopted a totally innovative approach:
it has considered the market broadly, going
outside its perimeter but appealing to its base
competencies, anticipating and working in
partnership with recognized players, both inside
and outside the automotive sector. This resulted in
the development of two systems: DINOX and
INSAS. DINOX is the equivalent of a fuel system
but that allows the stocking of the urea aboard
and its spray injection, which reduces the NOx;
INSAS is a system that allows the automatic
incorporation of an additive each time the tank is
filled, leading to the regeneration at low
temperatures of the particulates filters. The real
prowess is that Inergy has come up with a life-
long system based on a concentrated additive
combined with a high pressure pump which doses
at an extremely low level (less than
one ml per litre of fuel). Moreover, Inergy
has developed new petrol tanks components
with integrated functions.
> Joël Op de Beeck; Mickaël Charrier; Jean-François Midon;
Anne-Claire Chevalier-Cagnol; Éric Destate; Laurent Dexet;
François Dougnier; Philippe Martin;Volodia Naydenov;
Vincent Potier; Jean-Philippe Rolinat;Thierry Rouxel;
Russ Sarquis; Jim Thompson; Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen;
Cedric Verheyen; Guillaume Zeller; Stéphane Léonard;
Bertrand Thisselin; Jan Vasek; Nadja Walling.
> SBU INERGY
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