Iran-Made Nanocatalytic Converter Decomposes over 90% of Exhaust Emissions

The knowledge-based company designs and develops all types of car catalysts and provides laboratory services, and in this regard, it has succeeded in obtaining valid international approvals and production licenses for the world's major car manufacturers.

Since 2004, the company has been one of the most important suppliers of this component to the country's automotive industry with the mass-production of nanocatalyst and nanocatalytic converters. The nanocatalytic converters produced by the company are consumable parts that are placed in the exit path of the engine of all vehicles and convert over 90% of the polluting gases resulting from the combustion of the engine into safe gases.

These nano-based products are made by coating a central core with precious metals which play a major role in reducing pollutants.

The purpose of using a nanocatalyst in the car is to reduce the amounts of hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gases and convert them into less harmful gases of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water.

Tens of Iran-made nanocatalysts are used in different industries for gasoline reforming, production of chemicals like urea, ammonia, ethylene oxide, hydrogen treatment of distillation tower residue and sulfur removal from petroleum products.

At present, the names of over 80 nanocatalysts can be seen in the list of nanoscale certified products in Iran, many of which are used in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, and some are applied in the auto-making industry.

Exir Novin Farayand Asia is an Iranian company which produces ethylene oxide for ethylene glycol production units.

The company also makes catalyst for converting acetylene to ethylene (used in Gachsaran, Morvarid and Amirkabir petrochemicals), the isomerization catalyst of xylenes (used in Bou Ali Sina petrochemicals), ethylbenzene and paraxylene.

Gostaresh Fanavari Kharazmi is another Iranian company which produces desulfurization nanocatalysts, natural gas reforming catalysts and natural gas reforming catalyst.

Other products of the company include active clay catalyst to remove olefinic unsaturated compounds from the stream of aromatic compounds, nanostructured catalyst for primary reforming of natural gas water vapor, semi-active nanostructured catalyst for natural gas reforming, nanostructured catalyst for methane production process (methanation catalyst), nanostructured catalyst for hydrogen sulfurization (HDS), active natural gas reforming nanostructured catalyst, high temperature water-gas transfer nanostructured catalyst, natural gas flow desulfurization catalyst, low temperature water-gas transfer catalyst, natural gas reforming catalyst, base of natural gas reforming nanostructured catalyst, nanostructured catalyst for high temperature water-gas transfer (HT-100S) and nickel oxide nanopowder.

Sarv Oil and Gas Industries Development Company is another nanocatalyst-producing company in Iran which makes a catalyst for the production of urea and ammonia used in Shiraz, Razi and Pardis refineries. The next company is Ardakan Industrial Ceramics Company which produces nanostructured catalysts for sulfur recovery and a variety of alumina-based catalysts containing nanoparticles.

Also, Sanat Afarin Mahan Company is another firm which produces and commercializes nanocatalytic converters for all types of home-made cars like Quik, Tiba and Zamyad.

Partofarazan Avije Kimia Company is another Iranian firm which manufactures catalytic converters for all types of domestic cars like Samand, Dena, Pride, Kara van, Peugeot 405, Peugeot 206, and Shahin.

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