Green Synthesized ZnO Nanoparticles as Biodiesel Blends and Their Effect on the Performance and Emission of Greenhouse Gases.

ABSTRACT: Pollution and global warming are a few of the many reasons for environmental problems, due to industrial wastes and greenhouse gases, hence there are efforts to bring down such emissions to reduce pollution and combat global warming. In the present study, zinc oxide nanoparticles are green synthesized using cow dung as fuel, through combustion. Synthesized material was characterized by FTIR, XRD, UV, and FESEM. The as-prepared ZnO-GS NPs were employed as a transesterification catalyst for the preparation of biodiesel from discarded cooking oil. The biodiesel obtained is termed D-COME (discarded cooking oil methyl ester), which is blended with 20% commercial diesel (B20). Additionally, this blend, i.e., B20, is further blended with varying amounts of as-prepared ZnO-GS NPs, in order to asce

SUBMITTER: Kavalli K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9105191 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature