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Biodiesel production optimization using γAl2O3 based catalysts
Sánchez, Marcos; Navas, Marisa; Ruggera, José F.; … - In: Energy 73 (2014) C, pp. 661-669
The transesterification reaction of soybean oil with methanol is studied with different γAl2O3 heterogeneous catalysts. The catalysts used are K-γAl2O3, Na-γAl2O3, Li-γAl2O3, Ca-γAl2O3 and Ba-γAl2O3 both 5% and 10% in metal content are prepared by impregnation. The first study concluded...
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A comparative study on the effect of unsaturation degree of camelina and canola oils on the optimization of bio-diesel production
Yang, Jie; Astatkie, Tess; He, Quan Sophia - In: Energy Reports 2 (2016), pp. 211-217
Transesterification is the most common method of producing biodiesel from vegetable oils. A comparative study on the optimization of reaction variables for refined canola oil, unrefined canola oil, and unrefined camelina oil using a four-factor (temperature, time, molar ratio of methanol to oil,...
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A comparative study on the effect of unsaturation degree of camelina and canola oils on the optimization of bio-diesel production
Yang, Jie; Astatkie, Tess; He, Quan Sophia - In: Energy reports 2 (2016), pp. 211-217
Transesterification is the most common method of producing biodiesel from vegetable oils. A comparative study on the optimization of reaction variables for refined canola oil, unrefined canola oil, and unrefined camelina oil using a four-factor (temperature, time, molar ratio of methanol to oil,...
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Evaluation and optimization of two stage sequential in situ transesterification process for fatty acid methyl ester quantification from microalgae
Kumar, Vikram; Muthuraj, Muthusivaramapandian; … - In: Renewable Energy 68 (2014) C, pp. 560-569
This study demonstrates a direct transesterification (DT) method for reliable quantification of microalgal lipid. Primary screening of various transesterification methods and the types of biomass (wet, oven dried and lyophilized) were performed with heterotrophically grown Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG...
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Optimization of conversion of waste rapeseed oil with high FFA to biodiesel using response surface methodology
Yuan, Xingzhong; Liu, Jia; Zeng, Guangming; Shi, Jingang; … - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 7, pp. 1678-1684
methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the conditions for the maximum conversion to biodiesel and understand the significance and …
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The effects of using biodiesel on CI (compression ignition) engine and optimization of its production by using response surface methodology
Abuhabaya, Abdullah; Fieldhouse, John; Brown, David - In: Energy 59 (2013) C, pp. 56-62
concentration, reaction time, reaction temperature, and rate of mixing to maximize biodiesel yield. The technique used was the RSM …
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Zn,Al-catalysts for heterogeneous biodiesel production: Basicity and process optimization
Veiga, Paula Moraes; Luna, Aderval Severino; de … - In: Energy 75 (2014) C, pp. 453-462
the catalyst and showed a good correlation with basic site density determined by TPD-CO2. The RSM (response surface … loading that maximize fatty acid methyl esters yield. The best experimental conditions indicated by RSM were reaction …
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Biodiesel production from raw castor oil
Dias, J.M.; Araújo, J.M.; Costa, J.F.; Alvim-Ferraz, M.C.M. - In: Energy 53 (2013) C, pp. 58-66
A preliminary assessment of castor plant adaptability at Northern Portugal was performed, together with the evaluation of the extracted raw oil, without any refinement, for biodiesel production. Castor was seeded, plants grew and seeds were manually harvested after 2 years. Mechanical and...
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Biodiesel production over copper vanadium phosphate
Chen, Lei; Yin, Ping; Liu, Xiguang; Yang, Lixia; Yu, Zhongxi - In: Energy 36 (2011) 1, pp. 175-180
In the present study, copper vanadium phosphate (CuVOP) with three-dimensional network structure was synthesized by hydrothermal method, and was characterized by Infrared spectrum (IR), elemental analysis (EA), EDXRF (energy dispersive X ray fluorescence) etc. Moreover, soybean oil was used as...
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Performance evaluation of artificial neural network coupled with generic algorithm and response surface methodology in modeling and optimization of biodiesel production process par...
Betiku, Eriola; Okunsolawo, Samuel S.; Ajala, Sheriff O.; … - In: Renewable Energy 76 (2015) C, pp. 408-417
fatty acid (FFA) of SBO used, response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to model and optimize the pretreatment step … while its conversion to biodiesel was modeled and optimized using RSM and artificial neural network (ANN). The acid value of … temperature of 45 °C. Optimum values predicted for the transesterification reaction by RSM were temperature of 90 °C, KOH of 0.6 w …
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