What is Carbon Monoxide?
Carbon monoxide, or “CO,” is an odorless, colorless gas that can kill you.
Where is CO found?
CO is found in fumes produced any time you burn fuel in cars or trucks, small engines, stoves, lanterns, grills, fireplaces, gas ranges, or furnaces. CO can build up indoors and poison people and animals who breathe it.
What are the symptoms of CO poisoning?
The most common symptoms of CO poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting, chest pain, and confusion. CO symptoms are often described as “flu-like.” If you breathe in a lot of CO it can make you pass out or kill you. People who are sleeping or drunk can die from CO poisoning before they have symptoms.
What is hydrocarbons?
The molecules of hydrocarbons are made of hydrogen and carbon atoms. Most kinds of fuel have hydrocarbons in them. Hydrocarbons store energy. Coal, oil, and natural gas all have hydrocarbons in them.
When we burn fuels with hydrocarbons, we make carbon dioxide (CO2) gas. The carbon dioxide goes into the air. Sometimes the burning makes carbon monoxide (CO), too. Some hydrocarbons help make air pollution. Some of them are part of chemicals called Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). VOCs are some of the chemicals in smog.
Propane is an example of a hydrocarbon.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the main pollutant that is warming Earth. Though living things emit carbon dioxide when they breathe, carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when associated with cars, planes, power plants, and other human activities that involve the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gas. In the past 150 years, such activities have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to raise its levels higher than they have been for hundreds of thousands of years.
Graph 1 : Readings for motorcars at 2 rpm
Graph 2 : Readings for motocars at 3 rpm
Graph 1 shows the reading of CO, HC and CO2 released for 2 rpm while graph 2 shows the reading for 3 rpm. From both graphs, it shows that the amount of CO produced for 3 type of cars can be concluded as low. This is because the reading of CO does not exceed 1. Next, for the amount of HC released, it shows that Axia has the highest amount of HC produced. The amount of HC produced by Persona is -4 and -6. is the lowest compared to Axia and Satria Neo. The amount of HC for both readings remains constant. Lastly, the amount of CO2 released by Persona for both readings is the highest among others. The difference between the amount of CO2 released by each types of cars are slightly difference.
Graph 3 : Reading for motorcycles at 30 km/h
Graph 4 : Reading for motorcycles at 70 km/h
Graph 5 : Reading for motorcycles at 110 km/h
Graph 3, 4 and 5 shows the readings for different types motorcycles at different speed which are 30 km/h, 70 km/h and 110 km/h. Based on the three graphs, it shows that the amount of HC produced by the three motorcycles at three different speed is higher compared to other elements which are CO and CO2. The amount of CO2 emitted is low Modenas Kriss 100 is the lowest compared to SYM E Bonus 110 and Honda Wave Dash. Lastly, for the reading of the amount of CO2 released the SYM E Bonus has the highest reading which is 48.2 compared to Honda Wave Dash and Modenas Kriss 100.
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