Injecting gaseous urea into the combustion mixture reduces NO, which in turn reduced NO2 emission of a fossiI fuel combustion.
The reaction is shown below:
2 CO(NH2)2(g) + 4 NO(g) + O2(g) → 4 N2(g) + 2 CO2(g) + 4 H2O(g)
Consider a vehicle that produces an exhaust with a flow rate of 3.25 L/s at 598 K where the NO partial pressure is 15.6 torr.
Calculate the mass of urea required to react with the NO produced from 10 hours of driving.