Fossil fuel depletion, environmental concerns, and steep hikes in the price of fossil fuels are driving scientists to 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...

Transesterification is the most common method for producing biodiesel. Known as a suitable substitute to diesel fuel, the synthesis involves renewable sources as feedstock. Application of both organic and inorganic solvents in biodiesel production has been widely established. However, as the...

The significant surge in biodiesel production by transesterification of edible or non-edible oils have caused surplus of glycerol in the market. With its characteristics, unique structure, renewability, and bio-availability, glycerol has tremendous potential to be transformed to higher...

The esterification of oleic acid in the presence of magnetic ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroferrate ([BMIM][FeCl4]) at reaction temperature of 65°C has been investigated. Artificial neural network-genetic algorithm (ANN-GA) was used to simultaneously optimized methyl...

Transesterification of waste cooking oil with heterogeneous (heteropoly acid) catalyst and methanol has been investigated. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) were employed to study the relationship between process variables and free fatty acid conversion and...

A novel passive investment strategy involving a combination of buying indices and holding for varying period on rolling basis is explored and tested for both BSE-SENSEX and BSE-100 from 1991-2003. It's observed that with increasing holding period, the returns become more and more predictable....