<Anchor> In
order to solve the shortage of urea, the government has been testing whether industrial elements can be used for vehicles. After more than 20 days of testing, they found a way to meet automotive manufacturing standards among industrial elements.
Jang Se-man is an environmental reporter.
<Reporter> The
original purpose of the experiment by the Ministry of Environment was whether industrial urea that does not meet the manufacturing standards for urea for vehicles would be approved for use in vehicles.
Even if it is used for industrial purposes, if it meets the emission standards for harmful gases, it will allow industrial use as a way to partially relax the manufacturing standards.
But here was a stumbling block.
The Ministry of Environment has the burden of lifting environmental regulations on its own, and the impact of industrial factors on vehicle safety and durability has not been sufficiently verified.
Instead, the Ministry of Environment said it has found a way to meet manufacturing standards for vehicles by leveraging existing industrial factors, even if manufacturing standards are not relaxed.
In the original industrial urea, hazardous substances such as aldehydes and heavy metals exceed the manufacturing standards for the number of urea for vehicles.
However, after importing these industrial elements, a domestic company used an ion exchange resin and went through a special treatment process.
[Kim Dong-jin / Director of Environmental Sciences: There are also ingredients that have relatively little effect on vehicles. Therefore, it was judged that it can be used (for vehicles) if it undergoes an appropriate manufacturing process according to the ingredient conditions.]
There is another way.
There are products that meet manufacturing standards by mixing both industrial components and automotive components.
The Ministry of Environment said that there are a significant amount of industrial element products that can be used for vehicles through this method at home and abroad.
(Video editing: Park Ki-duk)