A general view to converting fossil fuels to cleaner energy source by adding nanoparticles

ABSTRACT

Only 1-liter diesel combustion causes nearly 2.9 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), and currently, the global-oil-consumption averaged 1.6 million barrels per day. Today, millions of people are suffering from serious diseases and even dying due to harmful exhaust gases (HEG) arising from burning fossil fuels such as cancer, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular, visibility reductions etc. On the other hand, many countries, signed the Kyoto Protocol, fail to keep their promise to reduce their GHG level. Clearly, there is a necessity to improve methods reducing HEG and to keep an acceptable level. Adding nanoparticles to diesel is one of these effective methods by converting diesel to a more clean energy source. Owing to the high thermal properties of nanoparticles as compared to pure diesel fuels, they promote better combustion in internal combustion engines, and so reduction HEG via this way. In this study, a number of literature studies on nanoparticles applications to pure fossil fuels are well documented and evaluated the outputs.

KEYWORDS:

• Clean energy
• nanoparticles
• fossil fuels
• greenhouse
• global warming

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

Ümit Ağbulut http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-6494