Electrically Ignited Fuel: The Future Of Safe Energy

University of California – Riverside chemical engineers have designed a fuel that ignites only with the application of electric current. Since it doesn’t react to flames and cannot start accidental fires during storage or transport, it is a ‘safe’ liquid fuel. Yujie Wang, UCR chemical engineering doctoral student and co-author of a new paper about the fuel said, “The fuel we’re normally using is not very safe. It evaporates and could ignite, and it’s difficult to stop that. It is much easier to control…