CarbonMonoxideConverter

Currently,motorvehicleoperatorsabuseourenvironmentunintentionally,byreleasing
carbonmonoxidefromtheirexhaustsystemthuspollutingtheair.Internationalincidents
regardingtheproductionofcarbonmonoxidereleasedthroughtheexhausthaveclaimedthe
livesofmany.Thosemoreatriskareinfants,theelderly,peoplewithchronicheartdisease,
anemia,orbreathingproblems.Previousstatisticshaveshown,thatintheUnitedStatesalone,of
the11,547unintentionalcarbonmonoxidedeath57%werecausedbymotorvehicleexhausts.Of
that57%,83%wereassociatedwithstationaryvehicles.(DeathsfromMotorVehicleRelated
UnintentionalCarbonMonoxidePoisoningColorado,1996,NewMexico,19801995,and
UnitedStates,19791992.(1996,November29)Carbonmonoxideisisapoisonous,colorless,
odorless,andtastelessgas.Althoughithasnodetectableodor,itisoftenmixedwithothergases
thatdohaveanodor.(CarbonMonoxideQuestionsandAnswers.UnitedStatesConsumerProduct
SafetyCommission(n.d.).RetrievedOctober5,2015)Byusingvarioussourcesandresearch,we

willmakeitourobjectivetoassembleadevicethatconvertscarbonmonoxideemissionsfrom
theexhaustinacarintooxygen.Thisdeviceisveryneededtodiminishtheamountofcarbon
monoxidedischargedfromcarsandtoenhancethecurrentstateoftheenvironment.Oneofthe
manybenefitsourproductwillreapistheprotectionoftheworld'speople.Carbonmonoxideis
knowntodisplaceoxygeninthebloodanddeprivetheheart,brain,andsomevitalorgansof
Oxygen.Withourproductinthemarket,peoplemaybeabletolookforwardtoasaferand
longerlife.
ResearchindicatesthatcarsandtrucksaccountfornearlyonefifthofallU.S.emissions,
emittingaround24poundsofcarbondioxideandotherglobalwarminggasesforeverygallonof

gas.About5poundscomesfromtheextraction,production,anddeliveryofthefuel,whilethe
greatbulkofheattrappingemissionmorethan19poundspergallon,comesrightoutofacars
tailpipe.(UnionofConcernedScientists,Scienceforahealthyplanetandsaferworld,(n.d)Car
EmissionsandGlobalWarming)Studiesalsodisplaythatin2013,thecombustionoffossilfuels
forthetransportofpeopleandgoodswasthesecondmajorsourceofCarbonDioxideemissions,
with27%oftheUnitedStatesgreenhousegasemissions(SourcesofGreenhouseGas
Emissions.(n.d.).RetrievedOctober5,2015).Also,theUnitedStateshasthehighestemissions
percapitaofCarbonDioxidethananyothercountries.
Tosumitup,therearealotofwayswecangoaboutthisproject.Butourfocusforthis
problemontheriseistoconvertthecarbonmonoxidefromvehiclesintooxygenwhichwillthen
easetheamountofpollutionreleasedintotheatmosphere.ThoughOxygeninhighlevelscould
beharmfultothebody,thebenefitsoffsetthedangers.Thosewhoaremorelikelyatriskof
gettingexposedtocarbonmonoxidepoisoningwouldunswervinglybenefitfromthecreation.
Thepeoplewhoaremostlikelyatriskarechildren,pregnantwomen,babies,andindividuals
withaheartorlungcondition.(FrequentlyAskedQuestions.(2015,February10).Retrieved
October5,2015)

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DeathsfromMotorVehicleRelatedUnintentionalCarbonMonoxidePoisoningColorado,1996,
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