Title: Technical Note: Filter for removing cancer-causing compounds from exhaust fumes (UK Patent GB 2 177 078 B)

Authors: J. Dunnigan, H. Menard

Addresses: The Asbestos Institute, 1130 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2M8, Canada. ' The Asbestos Institute, 1130 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2M8, Canada

Abstract: A novel method is provided for scrubbing industrial particulate and gaseous pollutants obtained from industrial combustion engines by causing the pollutants to be adsorbed on an adsorbing mass made up of dry porous pellets consisting of a mixture of natural magnesium silicate attapulgite and mixtures thereof with a cementitious clay binder, the latter representing 1-20% by weight of the dry pellets.

Keywords: filter design; cancer-causing compounds; exhaust fumes; vehicle emissions; pollutants; air pollution; patent.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1989.061620

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1989 Vol.10 No.2, pp.257 - 261

Published online: 26 May 2014 *

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