Research finds ways to use radiation to convert organic waste into renewable biofuel additives

In the next few years, the renewable ratio of gasoline will rise to 20%, which means the discovery of a new additive production method that may help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and combat climate change

In a research paper titled "Renewable Fuel Additives for Organic Waste Produced by Nuclear Power" published in the scientific journal "Communication Chemistry", the engineers proposed a method for using biochemical and nuclear industry waste to produce this additive Sol The process of ketones, which is called nuclear refining

Alan Plant, a PhD researcher at Lancaster University, said: "This research presents a new development that uses radiation.

Malcolm Joyce, a professor of nuclear engineering at Lancaster University, said: "Using nuclear power to generate electricity is an important area of ​​current research, for example, using heat while generating electricity

Dr.

Reliable, low-carbon energy from nuclear or biofuels is part of many strategies to reduce carbon emissions.

Combining various technologies, using ionizing radiation to extract raw materials from waste glycerin, can diversify the use of nuclear energy, and can also make valuable use of biodiesel waste

Researchers have discovered that the remaining energy of spent nuclear fuel can be used to create a short-term, radiation-induced catalyst

Solketal is an emerging fuel additive that can increase the octane number of the fuel and reduce the formation of glue, thereby preventing irregular fuel combustion (knock) and engine efficiency loss, while reducing particulate emissions

Considering the scalability of this process to existing European nuclear facilities (ie, spent fuel pools or contemporary pressurized water reactors), the researchers hypothesized that through nuclear cooperative production, 104 tons of solketal can be produced each year

It is estimated that by 2030, the renewable ratio of commercial blended oil will increase by 5% to 20%.

The research was conducted by researchers Alan Plant and Malcolm Joyce from Lancaster University, as well as Dr.

Journal Reference :

1. Arran George Plant, Bor Kos, Anže Jazbec, Luka Snoj, Vesna Najdanovic-Visak, Malcolm John Joyce.

   
   

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