ADVISORY/Litex Inc. Showcases its Award-Winning Automobile Emission-Reduction Product at SAE 2000 in Detroit.Business/Assignment Editors & Automotive Writers ADVISORY ... for Wednesday (March 8) SAE 2000 --(AutomotiveWire)
WHAT: Live Demonstration of CDD(TM) at Litex Reception in Cobo Hall
WHEN: The live demonstration of the CDD is scheduled for:
Wednesday, March 8, 2000
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: The Skyline Room -- Cobo Hall
Litex's Corona Discharge Device (CDD CDD Contrat A Duree Determinee (French: Fixed Term Contract) CDD Community Development Department CDD Cooling Degree Days (weather derivatives / insurance index converting temperature into prices) (TM)) is a low-cost, low-power (25 W) product, which boosts the performance of a catalytic converter catalytic converter: see internal-combustion engine. catalytic converter In automobiles, a component of emission control systems used to reduce the discharge of noxious gases from the internal-combustion engine. . It alters the chemical composition of exhaust gases, enabling the converter to operate more efficiently and making it more fuel sulfur tolerant. In addition, the CDD provides auto manufacturers the ability to meet increasingly more stringent emission standards, such as Tier 2 and Euro IV, with less precious metal. This is particularly important given the skyrocketing prices of palladium, platinum and rhodium rhodium (rō`dēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Rh; at. no. 45; at. wt. 102.9055; m.p. about 1,966°C;; b.p. 3,727±100°C;; sp. gr. 12.41 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. , potentially providing net savings of up to $150 per vehicle! Litex has obtained a series of broad patents for its plasma-assisted catalyst technology that originated at the Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Corp. and expects to be first to market with the technology. Plasma-assisted catalysis catalysis Modification (usually acceleration) of a chemical reaction rate by addition of a catalyst, which combines with the reactants but is ultimately regenerated so that its amount remains unchanged and the chemical equilibrium of the conditions of the reaction is not is an extremely active area of product and technology development being conducted by major companies, such as Delphi Automotive and Ford Motor Co. and major government laboratories such as the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. . A production version of the CDD will be available late 2000 to auto manufacturers. Several auto manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Japan have purchased prototypes for application development. Applications of the CDD and Litex's broad technology include conventional gasoline, lean-burn gasoline, diesel, fuel-cell and stationary power. Litex Inc. will also be exhibiting its CDD in the Saturn Electronics and Engineering booth (NO. 2681) from March 6 to 9 during SAE 2000. Please stop by and visit the booth where Litex executives can answer your questions. You can also visit the company's Web site at www.litexcorp.com |
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