• DocumentCode
    2112896
  • Title

    Power generation ’ sustainable or not?

  • Author

    Rao, Preethi ; Pingali, Srikanth

  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-22 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    One of the most threatening problems in the world at present is the depletion of fossil fuels. The world is facing an acute shortage of fuel sources. Some break-through has been achieved in the form of solar energy, hydrogen fuel cells, biofuels etc. The use of these alternatives decreases the dependency on the present fossil fuels and also reduces the pollution to a great extent. In this paper, the author´s idea on chemical and biological processes to produce alternate fuels has been discussed. Moreover this fuel source can also be used to generate electricity to run household appliances.The other way of producing hydrogen is the use of Green Algae.The other alternate fuel source is biofuels. This is produced by the processing of any plant part of biofuel plant sources. The concept is to identify and isolate the gene responsible for the synthesis of triglycerides (hydrocarbons) in these plants, and transform it into commonly found plants, which have a short growth period and which could withstand the effects of the gene. The prime criterion, as a whole, is the quest for the most optimum renewable source to keep the world moving on its wheels, not only for now, but also for the future generations.
  • Keywords
    biofuel; electric power generation; environmental factors; fuel cells; hydrogen economy; solar power; biofuel; green algae; hydrogen production; pollution reduction; power generation; renewable energy source; solar energy; Biofuels; Biological processes; Chemical processes; Fossil fuels; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Pollution; Power generation; Solar energy; Solar power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2272-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2298-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562857
  • Filename
    4562857