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Q9. (a) Explain why highly efficient diesel engines tend to produce more NOx than low performance diesel engines. (4)

(b) Describe, with the aid of a sketch, a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit for a marine propulsion diesel engine.

(c) Explain why accurate monitoring of the exhaust gas flows entering and leaving a Selective Catalytic Reduction unit are required and how these readings are used to control the reduction chemical supplied to the SCR unit.