e-fuel
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A combustion fuel that is theoretically environmentally friendly and is carbon neutral. A range of combustibles that is produced by combining hydrogen from water with atmospheric carbon dioxide using renewable energy sources to make the fuels.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Fuels produced from hydrogen can be used as straight replacements for oil and gas and can be low-carbon, if renewable electricity is used to produce these “e-fuels”. However, the research found that using the electricity directly to power cars and warm houses was far more efficient."
- "E-fuels can subsequently end up in any of the sectors shown, but mainly get used as transport fuels for aviation and shipping, depending on the scenario."
Etymology
From e- + fuel.
Usage
Inflected Forms
e-fuels (plural)
efuel (alternative)
Phrases
Sabatier process
Sabatier reaction