EMEA News
Firm Announces New NOx Reducing Product
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has developed a chemical compound that it says will help reduce emissions from diesel engines, and produce more efficient engine performance in the process.
The technology involves the injection of a liquid urea solution into the exhaust stream of a diesel engine before its catalytic converter, which it says will allow for more efficient use of fuel and give a reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx).
The new Technical Grade Urea will be produced at Al-Jubail Fertilizer Co, a SABIC manufacturing affiliate, with a capacity of 80,000 tonnes per year.
"As a company with a strong commitment to a cleaner environment through sustainable products, SABIC has developed this strategic, innovative idea to produce high quality urea that helps reduce hazardous NOx emissions from diesel exhausts and industrial processes," said Khaled Al-Mana, executive vice president, of SABIC's Fertilizers Strategic Business Unit.
"The project is part of our sustainability strategy to share our expertise closely with our customers to develop products, applications and solutions that respond to their sustainability needs."
The product will be applicable to marine engines, as well as in other diesel engine applications including trucking, power production, and machinery.
With emissions control area (ECA) regulations tightening next year, MGO use is set to increase.
