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Abstract

The environmental pollution is one of the major strategic question for decision-makers both in industry as well as in government. It has been established beyond doubt that the tailpipe emissions contribute significantly to climate change. It is clear that the vehicles form the predominant source of regulated and unregulated pollution. The environmental degradation all over the world has led to research to the development of ultra low emission vehicle and zero emission vehicle. In this investigation, an attempt is made to study the pollution from the automobile SI engine using Electrically Initiated and Chemically Heated Catalytic (EICHC) converter. This paper deals with the development and performance analysis of the EHC with different metal oxides. From this, the potential of catalytic systems with different catalyst is analyzed. It is found that the HC and CO emissions reduced significantly when EHC used with existing catalytic converter.