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Nanoadditives: Propitious Alternative For Increase Biofuel Performance

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Green Nanotechnology for Biofuel Production

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In spite of the limited sources of fossil fuels, energy demand has been considerably increased since the last century. The problems associated with global warming due to rising atmospheric greenhouse gas levels and scarcity of fossil fuels makes it imperative to reduce our heavy dependency on fossil fuels. These reasons forced countries throughout the world to search for new fuel alternatives. Biofuel has gathered considerable attention due to their inherent benefits, like lower greenhouse gas emission, renewability, and sustainability. Commercially, biofuels are produced from vegetable oils, animal fats, and carbohydrates by using transesterification and fermentation. However, biofuel production suffers from high production costs and other technical barriers. Considering the environmental and economic issues, use of nanotechnology seems to be a viable solution. Nanoparticles have a number of interesting properties for the production of second-generation ethanol or transesterification of oils and fats to yield biodiesel. In this chapter highlighting the various available edible as well as nonedible vegetable feedstocks for biodiesel production, metal-based additives along with the variations in physiochemical properties.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

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  2. Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

    Manish Srivastava

  3. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higgnbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India

    Himanshu Pandey

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

    P.K. Mishra

  5. Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Higgnbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India

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Mishra, S.B. (2018). Nanoadditives: Propitious Alternative For Increase Biofuel Performance. In: Srivastava, N., Srivastava, M., Pandey, H., Mishra, P., Ramteke, P. (eds) Green Nanotechnology for Biofuel Production. Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75052-1_5

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