Oil-rich biomass has been produced from heterotrophic fed-batch and semi-continuous cultures of Chlorella … for around 89% of the total FA content. Oleic acid was the most abundant FA, accounting for >60% of total FAs. Biodiesel … was obtained using a modified process based on transesterification of wet biomass paste, with a recovery of nearly 97 …

The economically significant production of carbon-neutral biodiesel from microalgae has been hailed as the ultimate … the commercial viability of large scale production of biodiesel from microalgae. Vital steps need to be critically … upstream processing of microalgae for biomass and lipid production for biodiesel production. We present in this review an …

Interest in biodiesel research has increased over the years due to diminishing petroleum reserves but biodiesel has to … conversion of non-edible seed oil, Calophyllum inophyllum with free fatty acid of 15% into biodiesel over biomass …

have used various types of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyzed transesterification reaction for biodiesel production … search for alternative fuels. The characteristics of biodiesel have made the pursuit of high quality biodiesel production … attractive. Utilization of waste cooking oil is a key component in reducing biodiesel production costs up to 60–90%. Researchers …

use of chemicals. In contrast, using lipase-catalyzed transesterification for biodiesel synthesis is clean, effective, and … particles (HMPs) for biodiesel production. Transesterification with the immobilized lipase could be repeatedly carried out six …Biodiesel is a promising substitute for petroleum diesel, and has been commercialized and utilized in many countries …

competitive costs. In this study, transesterification of waste frying oil to biodiesel using tetramethylguanidine as a strong base …

chromatography (HPLC) were used to quantify biodiesel in terms of conversion percentage of the oil feedstock. These techniques are … chromatography (HPTLC) for the accurate quantification of the conversion percentage of triglycerides into biodiesel (fatty acid … monoglycerides, diglycerides, unreacted triglycerides, free fatty acid and biodiesel (FAME) product were analyzed by HPTLC. An …

One of the most promising renewable fuels proposed as an alternative to fossil diesel is biodiesel. The competitive … potential of biodiesel is limited by the price of vegetable oils, which strongly influences the final price of this biofuel. On … countries. Appropriately planning and designing the whole production process, from the seed to the biodiesel end-product, is …

A process integrating the extraction and transesterification of lipid from jatropha kernel powder for the production of … biodiesel with methanol assisted by hexane is reported in this paper. The effects of catalyst amount, reaction time, reaction … temperature, and siphon tube height on the yield and characteristics of biodiesel were investigated. It was found that hexane …

The catalytic synthesis of biodiesel from soybean oil by transesterification over basic ionic liquid catalysts had been … basic ionic liquid catalysts, and methanol is the best alcohol for biodiesel synthesis. The suitable molar ratio of methanol … reaction time was 2.5h on the basis of biodiesel yield. The reusability test showed that ChOH catalyst had perfect utility for …