Nanoparticles increases efficiency of bio-fuels

A recent research by an Indian Research indicated that the use of Alumina Nanoparticles can be helpful to improve the efficiency and combustion of bio-diesel. The thinking behind this is that because of their high surface-to-volume ratio, the nanoparticles have more reactive surfaces, which allows them to have more reactivity and hence allowing them to act as more efficient chemical catalyst, which thus increases fuel combustion as told by R. B. Anand, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli, India. This is because the more the surface area the more will be the reactivity...

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