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Biodiesel production using chemical and biological methods – A review of process, catalyst, acyl acceptor, source and process variables

Bharathiraja, B.; Chakravarthy, M.; Kumar, R. Ranjith; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38 (2014) C, pp. 368-382

The indiscriminate extraction and consumption of fossil fuels have left the world with a corner kick into the area of exponential fuel demand and now the race is on for alternate energy source. The fortunate improvements in Biodiesel fuel production techniques has been the heading topic of...

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Biodiesel production by enzymatic transesterification catalyzed by Burkholderia lipase immobilized on hydrophobic magnetic particles

Liu, Chien-Hung; Huang, Chien-Chang; Wang, Yao-Wen; … - In: Applied Energy 100 (2012) C, pp. 41-46

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 … times without severe activity loss. The optimal conditions for the enzymatic transesterification were identified as: room …

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Impact of methanol addition strategy on enzymatic transesterification of jatropha oil for biodiesel processing

Ko, Chun-Han; Yeh, Kai-Wun; Wang, Ya-Nang; Wu, Chien-Hou; … - In: Energy 48 (2012) 1, pp. 375-379

The potential of Jatropha curcas seed oil for biodiesel production is well recognized. Lipase transesterification of … enzymatic transesterification. This study investigated the impact of methanol adding on transesterification efficiency for … bonds of linoleic acid (C18:2) on methanolytic transesterification by both adding methods. …

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Advances in synthesis of biodiesel via enzyme catalysis: Novel and sustainable approaches

Guldhe, Abhishek; Singh, Bhaskar; Mutanda, Taurai; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 41 (2015) C, pp. 1447-1464

Biodiesel, a renewable fuel has a great potential in fulfilling an ever-increasing transport fuel demand. The enzymatic conversion process of feedstock oil to biodiesel is greener when compared to the conventional approach of chemical conversion due to mild reaction conditions and less...

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