The Efficacy of Clam Shells and Coconut Spathe Fibers as Adsorbent of Carbon Monoxide (CO) in Tailpipe of Gasoline Powered Vehicle

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Economic development is required to lessen the country's poverty. Along with this progress are the investments in transportation. However, the rapid development of the Philippines, particularly in transport, also leads to the increase of greenhouse gasses (GHG) pollution. They are given that as the country's economic developed, there is an increase of GHG. Thus, methods for mitigating the atmospheric release of CO needed to be developed. Therefore, the researcher aims to test the efficacy of clamshell and coconut spathe fiber (CSF) as an adsorbent of carbon monoxide (CO) in the tailpipe of gasoline powered vehicle.

METHODS

The research study used the experimental method using two-group design. The Clam Shell and coconut spathe fiber were utilized in the entire study. The selected tailpipes are categorized into two (2); group 1 named CC (clamshell and coconut spathe) and group 2 called GAS. Both of them have undergone first on the emission testing to determine the amount of CO emitted by the combustion of gasoline-powered vehicle. The CC group was applied with Tailpipe Air Filter within three weeks and served as the experimental group while the GAS group remained the same and did not receive any treatment.

RESULTS

The vehicle that remained constant and did not use the tailpipe air filter, it has the percentages of 0.67, 0.66%,0.70%, and the average is 0.68%. While for the vehicle with the application of tailpipe air filter, it has the percentages of 0.48%, 0.25%,0.51% and it has an average of 0.48%. The result indicated that there was a highly significant difference between the emission of carbon monoxide from the exhaust of gasoline-powered vehicle with the application and without the use of tailpipe air filter with the p-value equals 0.0338.

DISCUSSIONS

The results revealed that clamshell and coconut spathe fibers are useful as adsorbent of carbon monoxide (co) in the tailpipe of gasoline powered vehicle. Based on the study, it was revealed that the calcium carbonate content of the clam shell and the potential of coconut spathe fibers (CSF) as bio-filter against air pollution emitted by the gasoline-powered engine was proven. There was a high amount of carbon monoxide emitted from the exhaust of gasoline-powered vehicle without the application of tailpipe air filter, and there was a low amount of carbon monoxide emitted from the exhaust of gasoline-powered vehicle after the implementation of tailpipe air filter within 21 days.