"No More Diesel Exhaust Fluid Crisis"... KIST Begins Inspection Operations

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) was designated as an inspection agency for compliance with manufacturing standards of urea solution (automotive catalyst) by the National Institute of Environmental Research on the 8th, and began inspection operations from the 27th.

With this, the total number of domestic urea solution inspection agencies has become five: the Traffic Environment Research Institute of the National Institute of Environmental Research, the Korea Petroleum Management Service, the Korea Conformity Laboratories, the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, and KIST. KIST’s Characterization Analysis Center was designated as a new inspection agency based on its analytical instrument infrastructure and inspection capabilities required for urea solution inspection.

The KIST Characterization Analysis Center already possessed elemental analyzers and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometers necessary for urea solution inspection, and additionally secured a densitometer, refractometer, and automatic titrator. By participating in education and reliability assurance programs for test results, they secured professional personnel and established a system for quality inspection.

Yoon Seok-jin, President of KIST, said, "Unlike other urea solution inspection agencies, we did not have the infrastructure required for automotive catalyst inspection, but we quickly secured equipment and personnel to help the public," adding, "We hope to promptly inspect newly manufactured and imported urea solutions and supply them to the public."

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