With limited indigenous conventional energy resources, Mauritius imports over 80% of its energy supply from foreign countries, mostly from the Middle East. Developing independent renewable energy resources is thus of priority concern for the Mauritian government. A tropical island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, Mauritius has enormous potential to develop various renewable energies, such as solar energy, biomass energy, wind power, geothermal energy, hydropower, etc. However, owing to the importance of conventional fossil energy in generating remarkably cheap electricity, renewable energy has not yet fully developed in Mauritius, resulting from a lack of market competition. So, in order to reduce the external dependency of fuel, and also to cut down the expenses involved in the imported fuels, the Mauritius Government introduced attractive policies and invited investors of the homeland and abroad to invest in renewable energy technologies. Consequently, numerous promotional and subsidy programs have recently been proclaimed by the Mauritian government, focused on the development of various renewable energies. Thus, the Government of Mauritius has a long-term vision of transforming Mauritius into a sustainable Island. One important element towards the achievement of this vision is to increase the country’s renewable energy usage and thereby reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Democratisation of energy production is determined to be the way forward. A step in this direction is to transfer citizens the ability and motivation to produce electricity via small-scale distributed generation (SSDG), i.e. wind, photovoltaic, Hydropower. As a stepping stone the Government and the Central Electricity Board, with the help of the UNDP, established a grid code in May 2009 which encompasses tariffs and incentive schemes that have in many countries proved essential in order to achieve any substantial development in renewable electricity production based on SSDG.   In line with the government’s vision on renewable energy, the University of Mauritius is working as a partner with DIREKT team to promote renewable energy infrastructure locally. The DIREKT (Small Developing Island Renewable Energy Knowledge and Technology Transfer Network) is a teamwork scheme that involves the participation and collaboration of various universities from Germany, Fiji, Mauritius, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.  The aim of the DIREKT project is to reinforce the science and technology competency in the domain of renewable energy through technology transfer, information exchange and networking, targeting ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) Small Island developing states. This study was therefore initiated to investigate the main renewable energy technologies that stakeholders, institutions as well as businesses and organizations would like to invest in Mauritius based in the attracting incentive schemes provided by the Government.   From the study it was found that the majority of the Organizations, Institutions, Businesses and stakeholders are ready to accept and invest in the solar photovoltaic technology. Moreover, the economic evaluation for the implementation of the photovoltaic technology revealed that within a period of 4.3 years (payback period), the total capital invested can be recovered and after that, the capital generated from the excess electricity produced will contribute to the profit of the organization, Business or Institution.

Historically, hypergolic propellants have utilized fuels based on hydrazine and its<br>derivatives due to their good performance and short ignition delays with the commonly used<br>hypergolic oxidizers. However, these fuels are highly toxic and require special handling<br><div>precautions for their use.</div><div><br></div><div>In recent years, amine-boranes have begun receiving attention as potential alternatives to<br>these more conventional fuels. The simplest of these materials, ammonia borane (AB, NH3BH3)<br>has been shown to be highly hypergolic with white fuming nitric acid (WFNA), with ignition<br>delays as short as 0.6 milliseconds being observed under certain conditions. Additionally,<br>thermochemical equilibrium calculations predict net gains in specific impulse when AB based<br>fuels are used in place of the more conventional hydrazine-based fuels. As such, AB may serve as<br>a relatively less hazardous alternative to the more standard hypergolic fuels.</div><div><br></div><div>Presented in this work are the results of five major research efforts that were undertaken<br>with the objective of developing high performance fuels based on ammonia borane as well as<br>characterizing their combustion behavior. The first of these efforts was intended to better<br>characterize the ignition delay of ammonia borane with WFNA as well as investigate various fuel<br>binders for use with ammonia borane. Through these efforts, it was determined that Sylgard-184<br>silicone elastomer produced properly curing fuel samples. Additionally, a particle size dependency<br>was observed for the neat material, with the finer particles resulting in ignition delays as short as<br>0.6 milliseconds, some of the shortest ever reported for a hypergolic solid fuel with WFNA.</div><div><br></div><div>The objective of the second area of research was intended to adapt and demonstrate a<br>temperature measurement technique known as phosphor thermography for use with burning solid<br>propellants. Using this technique, the surface temperature of burning nitrocellulose (a homogeneous solid propellant) was successfully measured through a propellant flame. During the<br>steady burning period, average surface temperatures of 534 K were measured across the propellant<br>surface. These measured values were in good agreement with surface temperature measurements<br>obtained elsewhere with embedded thermocouples (T = 523 K). While not strictly related to<br>ammonia borane, this work demonstrated the applicability of this technique for use in studying<br>energetic materials, setting the groundwork for future efforts to adapt this technique further to<br>studying the hypergolic ignition of ammonia borane.</div><div><br></div><div>The third research area undertaken was to develop a novel high-speed multi-spectral<br>imaging diagnostic for use in studying the ignition dynamics and flame structure of ammonia<br>borane. Using this technique, the spectral emissions from BO, BO2, HBO2, and the B-H stretch<br>mode of ammonia borane (and its decomposition products) were selectively imaged and new<br>insights offered into the combustion behavior and hypergolic ignition dynamics of ammonia<br>borane. After the fuel and oxidizer came into contact, a gas evolution stage was observed to<br>precede ignition. During this gas evolution stage, emissions from HBO2 were observed, suggesting<br>that the formation of HBO2 at the AB-nitric acid interface may help drive the initial reactant<br>decomposition and thermal runaway that eventually results in ignition. After the nitric acid was<br>consumed/dispersed, the AB samples began burning with the ambient air, forming a quasi-steady<br>state diffusion controlled flame. Emission intensity profiles measured as a function of height above<br>the pellet revealed the BO/BO2-based emissions to be strongest in the flame zone (corresponding<br>to the highest gas temperatures). Within the inner fuel-rich region of the flame, the HBO2 emission<br>intensity peaked closer to the fuel surface after which it unexpectedly began to decrease across the<br>flame zone. This is seemingly in contradiction to the current understanding that HBO2 is a stable product species and may suggest that for this system it is consumed to form BO2 and other boron oxides.</div><div><br></div><div>The fourth area of research undertaken during this broader research effort investigated the<br>use of ammonia borane and other amine borane additives on the ignition delay and predicted<br>performance of novel hypergolic fuels based on tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA). Despite<br>these materials being in some cases only sparingly soluble in TMEDA, solutions of ammonia<br>borane, ethylenediamine bisborane, or tetramethylethylenediamine bisborane in TMEDA resulted<br>in reductions of the mean ignition delays of 43-51%. These ignition delay reductions coupled with<br>the significantly reduced toxicity of these fuels compared to the conventional hydrazine-based<br>hypergolic fuels make them promising, safer alternatives to the more standard hypergolic fuels.<br>Attempts were made to improve these ignition delays further by gelling the TMEDA, allowing for<br>amine borane loadings beyond their respective solubility limits. Moving to these higher loadings<br>had mixed results however, with the ignition delays of the AB/EDBB-based fuels increasing<br>significantly with higher AB/EDBB loadings. The ignition delays of the TMEDABB-based fuels<br>on the other hand decreased with increasing TMEDABB loadings, though the shortest were still<br>comparable to those found with the saturated fuel solutions.</div><div><br></div><div>The final research area that was undertaken was focused on scaling up and developing fuel<br>formulations based on ammonia borane for use in a small-scale hypergolic hybrid rocket motor.<br>Characterization of the regression rate behavior of these fuels under motor conditions suggested<br>the fuel mass flow rate was driven primarily by the thermal decomposition of the ammonia borane.<br>This mechanism is fundamentally different from that which governs the regression rate of most<br>conventional solid fuels used in hybrid rockets as well as that of ethylenediamine bisborane, a<br>similar material in the amine borane family of fuels. Understanding this governing mechanism further may allow for its exploitation to enable high, nearly constant fuel mass flow rates<br>independent of oxidizer mass fluxes. If successful, this would enable further optimization of the<br>design for rocket systems utilizing these fuels, resulting in levels of performance that rival that of<br>the more conventional hydrazine-based fuels.<br></div>

Legal aspects of alternative fuels' use in transport Abstract What connects solar energy, palm oil and the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline? All these topics have one common denominator, i.e. alternative fuels. This group of fuels, which is represented by electricity, hydrogen or biomethane, has the ambition to replace fossil fuels and reduce the negative environmental effects of the sectors of the economy where fossil fuels are used - in transport and energy. This thesis focuses on the transport sector and pursues two lines. The first part of the text examines, by using the example of biofuels, natural gas and electricity, whether and to what extent alternative fuels fulfill the purpose of the alternative in relation to oil-based fuels. The principle of energy security and the principle of sustainable development in its environmental and economic aspects are used as a benchmark. In the second part, this thesis pays attention to legal instruments that determine the future of alternative fuels. Specifically, emission limits for passenger cars and light-duty vehicles and financial support for alternative fuels at all stages of their life cycle are analyzed. The purpose of this work is to capture the momentum of the ongoing legislative development in the field of alternative fuels, to try to...

The future of fuels will most probably be a mixture of different fuels, called drop-in fuels. It is already known that these drop-in fuels will lead to solubility issues, with creation of deposit on crucial fuel system parts, due to the formation of soft particles. The fuel system of the future should be robust against any type of soft particles. Today, there is no scaled up test fluid existing for testing full scale fuel systems. The objective of this thesis was to develop a scaled up test fluid which is a key element to the development of a test method to enhance the fuel system robustness against soft particles. A test fluid was achieved by a concentrate of calcium soap diluted two thousand times to reach a volume of 1000 litres with a concentration of 1,4 ppm. The concentration was measured by gas chromatography mass spectroscopy method following a derivatisation as sample preparation. The formation of the concentrate was established by changing the type of fuel, the level of aging, the amount of calcium and other counterions and eventually by addition of third elements. The concentrate was made of aged B100, calcium oxide powder and water. The test fluid was made by diluting the concentrate with fresh B7 and a protocol to characterise the stability of this test fluid was developed. This test fluid was tested under real condition in a filter rig giving homogeneous concentration all along the experiment, which confirmed the stability of the test fluid.

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The majority of the global energy is sourced from conventional fossil fuels. The high demand for energy is accelerating along with the depletion of these fossil fuels. Hence, the shift to renewable energy sources and technology becomes indispensable. Hydrogen is considered a promising alternative to fossil fuels. Polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysers offer an environmentally friendly technique for the production of hydrogen from renewable energy sources. However, the high overpotential and acidic environment at the anode is one of the challenges faced by polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysers. This harsh environment requires distinct electrocatalysts which currently consist of expensive precious metals such as Ir, Ru and their oxides.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Microbiology)) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / Biofuel production from lignocellulose material is an attractive alternative to fossil fuel. The use of lignocellulose material for biofuel production is imperative because of the numerous advantages that it offers. Biofuel is environmentally friendly and in developing countries such as South Africa, it has the potential to reduce the use of imported fuel and create jobs. Currently, several constraints are affecting the implementation of biofuel. One of the constraints is the cost-effectiveness and the efficiency of the enzymes involved in the enzymatic degradation of lignocellulose polymers to monomers, which can further be fermented to bioethanol. The potential way to reduce enzymatic degradation cost could be by supplementing the fungal enzymes with accessory enzymes such as endo-xylanase. The enzyme production cost is also dependent on the carbon source used. Lignocellulose materials that are regarded as waste must be assed for their use as enzyme inducer carbon sources and as biomass for biofuel production. This is a potential route that will reduce enzyme and biofuel production costs. Biofuel production cost can further be reduced by finding a yeast that can ferment xylose and ferment in the presence of inhibitors released during lignocellulose pretreatment. This study sought to tackle the enzymatic hydrolysis constraints and also search for xylose-fermenting yeast by exploring the gut microbiota of dung beetle. The gut of the dung beetle has recently received great attention since it is proposed to be a bioreactor for lignocellulolytic microorganisms that can be used in biofuel applications. This is because dung beetles feed on the dung of herbivorous animals and the dung is composed of 80% undigested plant material. In this study the guts of four Scarabaeidae dung beetles Kheper nigroanaeus Boheman, Heteronitis castelnaui, Pachylomerus femoralis, Anachalcos convexus and dung beetle larvae, Euoniticellus intermedius were screened for hemicellulolytic fungi and xylose-fermenting yeast. Hundred and thirty-two yeast isolates and two-hundred and twenty-two filamentous fungi were isolated and identified using ITS and D1/D2 regions. The yeast isolates were assigned to 8 genera and 18 species, Trichosporon was the most dominant genus while Candida tropicalis was the most dominant specie. Some of the yeast isolates were identified as uncultured fungi. This yeast must be characterised to be certain if they are novel species. The fungal isolates were assigned to 12 genera and 25 species, Aspergillus was the most dominant genus while Hypocrea lixii was the most dominant specie. The yeast isolated could assimilate xylose and could grow at a maximum temperature of 40 °C. Furthermore, these yeast isolates could also grow in the presence of 3 g/L acetic acid. Most of the fungal isolates had xylanolytic activity. The phylogenetic analysis revealed close genetic relatedness between isolates from the different dung beetle species and dung beetle larvae. The profile of the fungal genera was similar in the different dung beetles. Both guts and the larvae had Aspergillus, Hypocrea, Trichoderma, Talaromyces and Penicillium. The filamentous fungi that showed good xylanolytic activity were further screened for their ability to produce xylanase enzyme using thatch grass as an inductive carbon source. Thatch grass was selected in this study since it is in-house plant-based biomass. Thatch grass is abundantly available in South Africa; it is used for animal grazing but the more it grows it loses its nutritional content. Once it reaches this stage, it is no longer used and most of it is burnt. The fire from burning grass contains higher levels of nitrogen-containing chemicals that pollute the environment. Its compositional analysis (cellulose 46%, hemicellulose 27% and lignin 10%) also attributed to its selection as potential inductive carbon and attractive lignocellulose biomass for biofuel production. The higher xylanase activity of 283.43, 270 and 287.03 nkat/ml were observed from Aspergillus fumigatus L1XYL9 (Euoniticellus intermedius larvae), Hypocrea lixii AB2A3 and Neosartotya sp AB2XYL20 (Anachalcos convexus), respectively. This was achieved when acid pretreated thatch grass was used as an inductive carbon source. Aspergillus fumigatus L1XYL9 (Euoniticellus intermedius larvae), Hypocrea lixii AB2A3 and Neosartotya sp AB2XYL20 (Anachalcos convexus) showed xylanase activity of 393,22, 313,06 and 200 nkat/ml when grown on synthetic xylan. Neosartotya sp AB2XYL20 showed higher xylanase activity on thatch grass. The suitable production process for xylanase enzyme on acid pretreated thatch grass was assessed by conducting a comparative study on solid-state and submerged fermentation using L1XYL9 (Euoniticellus intermedius larvae), Hypocrea lixii AB2A3 and Neosartotya sp AB2XYL20 (Anachalcos convexus) as the best xylanase producer on acid pretreated thatch grass. The strain showed better xylanase activity when submerged fermentation was used. In this study, Hypocrea lixii AB2A3 was selected for further studies since it was the most dominant species and also showed good xylanase activity. Thatch grass was pretreated differently to evaluate the suitable chemical for pretreating thatch grass. Thatch grass was pretreated with dilute sulphuric acid 1.2% and maintained the pH of 5.5 by using sodium hydroxide while another batch was pretreated the same way and was washed with distilled water till pH of 5.5. The other batch was then pretreated with ammonium solution and was also washed with distilled water to maintain a pH of 5.5. The above-mentioned pretreated thatch grass was tested as an inductive carbon source as well as untreated thatch grass. The xylanase activity was determined to assess a good inductive carbon. All the thatch grass pretreated and washed with distilled water showed very low xylanase activity. The untreated thatch grass resulted in lower xylanase activity as compared to xylanase activity achieved when pretreated thatch grass was used. Parameters such as agitation speed and initial inoculum size were also assessed during xylanase production by Hypocrea lixii AB2A3 on acid pretreated thatch grass. Xylanase activity increased from 525 nkat/ml (Inoculum size 2×106 spore/ml and agitation speed 150 rpm) to 584.8 nkat/ml (Inoculum size 2×106 spore/ml and agitation speed 200 rpm). The crude xylanase from Hypocrea lixii AB2A3 was used to hydrolyse acid pretreated thatch grass. This resultant in xylose yield of 138 mg/g of substrate and glucose yield of 49 mg/g of substrate. Crude xylanase was mixed with commercial celluclast™. This enzyme mixture resulted in a xylose yield of 128 mg/g substrate and a glucose yield of 549 mg/g of substrate. The results obtained in this study show that indeed gut of the dung beetles and dung beetle larvae are a rich source of microorganisms that can play an important role in biofuel application and remediating the environment by degrading plant-based biomass regarded as waste into valuable products. It is imperative to evaluate the gut microbiota of dung beetles from different regions in South Africa for their application in the biofuel industry to reinforce its implementation. Thatch grass is a potential inductive carbon and lignocellulose biomass for biofuel production. / NRF (National Research Foundation)

Climate change is an issue rife with economic risk. The physical impacts of global warming, allowed to intensify by halting international climate cooperation, threaten climate-vulnerable industries and communities. Global transitions away from fossil fuels endanger carbon-intensive economic assets. Whereas climate change is often framed as an issue of global collective action and public goods provision, I instead conceptualize it as one of economic risk and decline. How do workers, voters, and governments perceive and manage mounting "climate risks"? How do they cope with losses stemming from realizations of such risks? I interrogate these questions in reference to the political and economic divisions that exist within and across many of the world's most fossil fuel-intensive and ecologically vulnerable countries. The first two papers of the dissertation consider how ethnoracial divisions within states shape perceptions of climate risks and responses to their realization. In the first, I argue that the ascriptive makeup of an industry serves as a heuristic for evaluating its access to state subsidies and ability to weather climate change and decarbonization. Survey experiments on representative U.S. samples indicate that minority Americans see greater downside risk in industries that hire large numbers of Black workers, expecting those industries to be denied government support as climate risks manifest. Conversely, minorities see less risk in industries that mainly employ white workers, believing those industries to have more benefactors in government. In the second paper, I study how migrants, who have long featured prominently in fossil fuel workforces, politically assimilate amid industrial booms and busts. Whereas scholars often contend that industrial decay aggravates ethnocultural animosities and compounds existing group loyalties, I argue that the starkest intergroup divides can emerge in periods of growth, not decline. When an industry is growing, economic optimism and resources flow across ethnic groups concentrated in that industry, bolstering migrants’ confidence in the ability of coethnics to safeguard their welfare and suppressing investments in political assimilation. Gains from concentration in the industry dissipate amid decline, leading migrants to forge ties with outside groups promising access to political rents previously out of reach. I find support for this theory in the case of the early twentieth century U.S. coal industry. The third paper of the dissertation, coauthored with Richard Clark, explores why some international organizations have retrofit themselves to address climate change despite the intransigence of powerful member states on the issue. We link these pro-climate turns to bureaucrats' socialization in climate-vulnerable countries. As bureaucrats rotate between countries and are promoted, climate concerns then diffuse outwards and upwards, gradually sharpening the climate focus of the institution despite the skepticism of powerful principal states. We find support for this argument in the case of the International Monetary Fund, drawing on original data on bureaucrat career paths and Fund attention to climate change.

Thesis(M.Sc.(Chemistry)) -- University of Limpopo, 2019 / The quest for renewable, sustainable and environmentally compatible energy sources have been on-going for decades. Green technology such as hydrogen fuel cell has attained much attention as an alternative energy carrier to carbon-based fuels owing to its renewability and cleanliness. However, hydrogen gas feed to the fuel cell can easily be ignited if its concentration is above 4 wt.% at room temperature. Thus, hydrogen safety mechanisms such as hydrogen sensors are vital to guarantee people‘s safety in the hydrogen infrastructure. Sensors based on metals and metal oxides have been widely applied for hydrogen gas detection. Nonetheless, these materials are only sensitive to hydrogen gas at elevated temperatures (˃ 100 °C) and they also possess low surface area (< 20 m2/g). Hence in this work, we present polyaniline (PANI) doped with cobalt-based zeolitic benzimidazolate framework (CoZIF) and zinc-ZIF to fabricate (PANI-CoZIF and PANIZnZIF) composite nanofibers as effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen gas sensing application. The composites were synthesised through chemical oxidative polymerisation of aniline monomer in the presence of 3.6 wt.% CoZIF and ZnZIF, respectively. The structural properties of the synthesised materials were studied using Ultraviolet visible (UV-vis), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy and simultaneous thermal analysis (STA). FTIR, Raman and XRD studies showed successful synthesis of CoZIF, ZnZIF and their composites. Furthermore, the studies indicated the co-existence of both CoZIF and ZnZIF in the PANI matrix upon composites formation, indicated by reduction in crystalline size, decrease in band gap and increase in thermal stability. as compared to the neat PANI. Morphological characteristics of the prepared samples were investigated usingscanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) coupled with both energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray (EDS/EDX). PANICoZIF revealed the grafting of CoZIF on to the surface of PANI matrix while PANI-ZnZIF composite showed that PANI is wrapping the cube nanofiber-like structures of ZnZIF also supported by selected area electron diffraction (SAED). Cyclic voltammetry (CV), Tafel analysis and turn over frequencies (TOFs) were performed to study the electrochemical performance of the synthesised materials through hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) for gas sensing. Both composites presented drastic enhancement in the catalytic H2 evolution at 0.033 mol.L-1 H2SO4 with the Tafel slope of 160 mV/dec and exchange current density of 3.98 A.m-2 for PANI-CoZIF composite, while the Tafel slope and exchange current density for PANIZnZIF composite were 246 mV/dec and 5.01 A.m-2, respectively. Moreover, the TOFs of the PANI-CoZIF composite (0,117 mol H2.s-1) was higher as compared to neat PANI (0.040 mol H2.s-1). The TOF values for PANI and PANI-ZnZIF composite were 0.04 and 0.45 mol H2.s-1, respectively. In addition, the chronoamperometric (CA) results exhibited the significant improvement in the electrochemical hydrogen sensing ability of PANI-CoZIF and PANI-ZnZIF composites with higher current response and sensitivity values of 12 and 10.8 µA.mmol.L-1 H2, respectively. The composites exhibited faster steady state response time of 5 s for PANI-CoZIF composite and 4 s for PANI-ZnZIF composite accompanied by lower detection limit (5.27 µmol.L-1) as compared to the neat PANI matrix. The high electrochemical current response is due to extraordinary specific surface area, more accessible active sites available for the electrolyte provided by CoZIF and ZnZIF and high conductivity supplied by PANI. These results proved that the PANI-CoZIF and PANI- ZnZIF composites are suitable electrocatalytic materials for hydrogen gas sensing application through HER in acidic medium. These results further suggest that the safety of people in mining sectors and other industries can be addressed through simple electrocatalytic gas sensing systems.

Hydrogen production by means of anaerobic fermentation was researched utilizing three different substrates. Synthetic wastewater, dairy manure, and cheese whey were combined together at different concentrations under batch anaerobic conditions to determine the optimal hydrogen producing potential and waste treatment of each. Cheese whey at a concentration of 55% was combined with dairy manure at a concentration of 45% to produce 1.53 liters of hydrogen per liter of substrate. These results are significant because the control, synthetic wastewater, which was a glucose-based substrate, produced less hydrogen, 1.34 liters per liter of substrate, than the mixture of cheese whey and dairy manure. These findings indicate that cheese whey and dairy manure, which are of little value, have potential to produce clean combusting hydrogen fuel. The effluent from the anaerobic hydrogen fermentations was then placed into a second continuous-fed reactor as part of a two-phase anaerobic digestion system. This system was designed to produce hydrogen and methane for a mixture of approximately 10% hydrogen. The two-stage process also further treated the synthetic wastewater, dairy manure, and cheese whey. The two-phase anaerobic methanogenic reactor was shown to produce more methane in the second phase (56 L IBR anaerobic digester), 1.36 mL per minute per liter substrate, as compared to the single-phase anaerobic reactor (56 L IBR), which produced 1.22 mL per minute per liter substrate. In general, this research has suggested that agricultural and food processing wastes provide the needed nutrients for hydrogen production and that a two-phase anaerobic digestion system is ideally set up to produce hydrogen-methane mixtures while treating wastes for discharge into the environment.

El documento busca analizar el posible impacto del Fondo de Estabilización de los Precios de los Combustibles derivados del petróleo (FEPC) en variables macroeconómicas de interés, como el PBI, la inflación y la Deuda Pública. El punto fundamental del análisis es debido a la inestabilidad que generan las volatilidades de los precios internacionales del petróleo en economías dependientes del recurso, como la es el Perú. Además, de identificar si las herramientas de estabilización, como lo es el fondo, son ejecutadas de manera eficiente sin generar efectos adversos que puedan perjudicar otras aspectos de la economía. En el documento se encontraron evidencias empíricas sobre la finalidad de la estabilización de precios en diversos aspectos, así como el nacimiento de la necesidad de estos dependiendo de la situación del país frente a los recursos extractivos. Se hizo uso de un modelo de vectores de autocorrección (VAR), para estimar el efecto que poseen los diversos tipos de combustibles, haciendo uso de los precios internacionales y los establecidos por el FEPC. Se usaron datos mensuales para realizar la estimación, del periodo 2008-2018 y fueron extraídos del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú y del Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía y Minería. La síntesis de la investigación indico que el FEPC cumple con su función principal de ejecutar una estabilización de los precios de los combustibles, suavizando los choques externos a la economía peruana; sin embargo, se requieren realizar modificaciones en el fondo debido a efectos colaterales que lo hacen insostenible en el tiempo. / The developed document examines the impact of the Stabilization Fund for the prices of petroleum-derived fuels (FEPC, in Spanish) in macroeconomic variables of interest, such as GDP, inflation and public debt. The main reason for this study is due for the instability generated by volatilities in international oil prices in resource dependent economies, such as Peru. In addition, to identify if the stabilization tools, such as the fund, are executed efficiently without generating adverse effects that could harm other aspects of the economy. The document found empirical evidence on the purpose of price stabilization in various aspects, as well as the birth of their need depending on the country's situation with respect to extractive resources. A model of autocorrect vectors (VAR) was used to estimate the effect of various types of fuels, using international prices and those established by the FEPC. Monthly data were used to make the estimate, for the period 2008-2018 and were extracted from the Central Reserve Bank of Peru and the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining. The synthesis of the investigation indicated that the FEPC fulfills its main function of executing a stabilization of fuel prices, softening external shocks to the Peruvian economy, however, modifications to the fund are required due to collateral effects that they make it unsustainable over time. / Trabajo de investigación