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
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