Green fuel will make devices like carpets!

Remember the famous Aladdin carpet? Aladdin, the famous character of Arabic poetry, used to travel through flying carpets. A group of scientists from the University of Cambridge has discovered a device that looks like a carpet to create alternative fuels from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. They claim that it is possible to make green fuel alternative to petrol or diesel with the light weight device. The entire process of making the fuel will produce a net-zero fuel, which will not emit carbon dioxide like fossil fuels.

The device has been developed under Cambridge University's Green Energy Project. The carpet-style device looks like a floating leaf. Just like a leaf floats when it falls in water, this device also floats like a leaf in water. If this thin and flexible device is used on a large scale, scientists have claimed that there will be a radical change in the production of green fuel.Professor Erwin Reisner of Cambridge University's Department of Energy and Sustainability said, "Solar panels are making a great contribution by providing net-zero energy to the world by producing electricity. Non-fossil fuels can be produced using sunlight. This fuel can be used in cars or ships.

Regarding the method of using the device, Reisner said, 'This carpet-like device will be floated in various lakes and river estuaries. From there, the device will convert sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into various components of gasoline and other fuels. Most importantly, this method will reduce carbon consumption. Although carbon is currently the main source of energy, we are trying to phase out the use of older sources of carbon such as coal, oil and gas. The chemicals we are making are already being used to make different fuels.We are working on diesel or petrol alternatives. Development of sustainable green kerosene for aviation is also underway. Another goal of ours is to make fuel for the shipbuilding industry. Effective green alternative fuels will play a major role in reducing global warming.

It has been reported that the carpet-like device can turn carbon dioxide and water into a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen using artificial catalysts after absorbing light. This mixture is known as 'syngas' in the industry. Currently, the mixture is used in the production of various chemicals and fuel.