Sustainable fuels: Lower alcohols perspective
Date
2023Author
Anekwe, Ifeanyi Michael Smarte
Nyembe, Nhlanhla
Nqakala, Loyiso Clemence
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In the coming years, energy sources will play a vital role in global development. Biofuels
made from sustainable sources are essential for the global economy's long-term
viability and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Clean, renewable, and sustainable
must be the watchwords for future energy strategy. Alcohol fuels are again
becoming a popular term in the context of green fuel usage in relation to climate
change mitigation and clean fuel technology. In this review, low alcohol synthesis,
applications and limitations as fuel and its catalytic conversion to fuel and petrochemicals
were discussed, in addition to the techno-economic evaluation, environmental
implications and prospects for practical application of low alcohols as fuels
and petrochemicals.