The partnership will focus on advancing the emulsion technology developed by Clean Fuels Technology over the last decade. The timing of this partnership, in light of soaring energy prices and concerns over environmental impacts of fossil fuels, could not be better. University metallurgical and materials engineering professor Manoranjan Misra and his research team, which includes fellow Mackay School of Mines professors Thomas Carnahan and James Murphy as well as professor Krishna Bukka, will aid CFT in this effort. Our product reduces greenhouse gases and particulates. Specifically, nitrogen oxide emissions are decreased by up to 70 percent.
Nitrogen oxide plays a key role in producing smog.
Song Chen, a Nevada doctoral student specializing in emulsion technology, will use the university's leading-edge technology to measure the characteristics of emulsions. In addition to the scholarship, Clean Fuels Technology has committed substantial funding to continue the research partnership.