Improving Air Quality with Electric Vehicles
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چکیده
• Components of Photochemical Smog • Why High Levels of Ozone in the Air are Undesirable Antioxidants in the Lungs Ozone as an Oxidizing Agent • Automobile Emissions Increase Ozone Concentrations Incomplete Combustion of Gasoline Produces Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons (VOC) Combustion at High Temperatures Produces NO VOC, NO and Sunlight Result in Ozone Formation • Reducing Nitrogen Oxides and VOC Emissions Catalytic Converters Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEVs): Electric Vehicles • Current Technology for Electric Vehicles How Lead-Acid Batteries Work Drawbacks to Lead-Acid Batteries • Vanadium Redox Flow Battery: A Possible Alternative to Lead-Acid Batteries for Electric Vehicles
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