{"id":24467,"date":"2024-06-24T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T06:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24467"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:22:19","slug":"superhydrophobic-catalyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/superhydrophobic-catalyst\/","title":{"rendered":"Superhydrophobic Catalyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Superhydrophobic Catalyst:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The new catalyst is named as \u201c<strong>spherical superhydrophobic activated carbon catalyst<\/strong>\u201d which is developed to withstand water by-product during the production <strong>of biodiesel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This catalyst imitates the <strong>anti-wetting or water-repulsing properties<\/strong> of natural surfaces such as lotus leaves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advantages<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The catalyst is derived from <strong>biomass<\/strong> (cellulose), is ecologically benign, abundant, and highly affordable.<\/li>\n<li>This breakthrough has the potential to significantly <strong>reduce the cost of biodiesel<\/strong> production, making sustainable energy more accessible.<\/li>\n<li>It is highly effective and can be <strong>reused multiple times<\/strong>, making the catalytic process more efficient and cost-effective.<\/li>\n<li>At present, the cost of biodiesel in India is about \u20b9100 or UD$1.2 per litre. Using the superhydrophobic activated carbon catalyst can bring down the cost to about 37 cents per litre.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biodiesel: <\/strong>Itis a <strong>renewable<\/strong>, <strong>biodegradable fuel<\/strong> manufactured domestically from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant grease.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is activated carbon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a class of amorphous <strong>carbonaceous material<\/strong> with large porosity and internal surface area.<\/li>\n<li>Coconut shells, coal, and wood are the basic sources of <strong>activated carbon<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Biomass?<\/h3>\n<p>It is renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals. Biomass contains stored chemical energy from the sun that is produced by plants through photosynthesis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superhydrophobic Catalyst is developed to withstand water by-product during the production of biodiesel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}