Professional Documents
Culture Documents
NOx gases react to form smog and acid rain as well as being central to the
formation of fine particles (PM) and ground level ozone, both of which are
associated with adverse health effects..
NOx is produced from the reaction of nitrogen and oxygen gases in the air
during combustion, especially at high temperatures. In areas of high motor
vehicle traffic, such as in large cities, the amount of nitrogen oxides emitted
into the atmosphere as air pollution can be significant. NOx gases are formed
whenever combustion occurs in the presence of nitrogen e.g. in car engines;
they are also produced naturally by lightning.
The Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Provincial Governments have long been
collaborating to improve the air quality in thePearl River Delta
(PRD) Regionnote1. Over the past years, the two Governments significantly
reduced the emissions of four major pollutants, namely SO 2, NOx, RSP and VOC.
Retrofitting Euro II and Euro III franchised buses with selective catalytic
reduction devices to reduce their emissions.
Such measures will help us to achieve the emission reduction targets for 2015
and 2020, and to meet broadly the existing Air Quality Objectives by 2020.