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Review on latest developments in biodiesel production using carbon-based catalysts

Konwar, Lakhya Jyoti; Boro, Jutika; Deka, Dhanapati - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 29 (2014) C, pp. 546-564

Catalyst plays an important role in biodiesel production. Owing to the advantages of heterogeneous catalysts in terms of separation and reusability over the traditionally used homogeneous catalyst, the research has now been focused on these heterogeneous catalysts in recent years. In order to...

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Integrated CO2 capture, wastewater treatment and biofuel production by microalgae culturing—A review

Razzak, Shaikh A.; Hossain, Mohammad M.; Lucky, Rahima A.; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 27 (2013) C, pp. 622-653

Algae have recently received growing attention given its prospects as a source of renewable energy and its potential for CO2 capture. Algae culture is of increasing value given that: (i) algae can be cultivated on non-agricultural land using wastewater, (ii) algae can provide a high yield on a...

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Biodiesel production from non-edible plant oils

Banković-Ilić, Ivana B.; Stamenković, Olivera S.; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 6, pp. 3621-3647

produced mainly from vegetable oils by transesterification of triacylglycerols. From economic and social reasons, edible oils …

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Biodiesel production by ultrasound-assisted transesterification: State of the art and the perspectives

Veljković, Vlada B.; Avramović, Jelena M.; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 2, pp. 1193-1209

reaction rate is focused on. UA transesterification is compared with other techniques for biodiesel production. Several … design of novel types of ultrasonic reactors and the in situ ultrasound application in transesterification of oily feedstocks …

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Homogeneous catalysis of soybean oil transesterification via methylic and ethylic routes: Multivariate comparison

Borges, Karen Araújo; Squissato, André Luiz; Santos, … - In: Energy 67 (2014) C, pp. 569-574

An experiment to establish the best reaction conditions for the transesterification of soybean oil is described. We …

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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

Methyl esters produced by transesterification of vegetable oils are the main components of biodiesel, an alternative … were studied as catalysts for the transesterification of soybean oil with methanol. TPD-CO2 (temperature programmed …

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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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Factors affecting biodiesel engine performance and exhaust emissions – Part II: Experimental study

Pullen, James; Saeed, Khizer - In: Energy 72 (2014) C, pp. 17-34

Effects of variation in biodiesel fuel properties on engine performance are not completely understood and there is a need for further research. The effects of altering the feedstock oil and alcohol type used in biodiesel production on engine performance (power, economy) and exhaust emissions...

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Utilization of BA (boiler ash) as catalyst for transesterification of palm olein

Boey, Peng-Lim; Ganesan, Shangeetha; Lim, Sze-Xooi; … - In: Energy 36 (2011) 10, pp. 5791-5796

transesterification of palm olein. BA successfully transesterified palm olein at mild reaction conditions (3wt.% dried BA, 15:1 methanol … well as a catalyst for transesterification, it is not reusable as the active species in the catalyst tend to leach out of … the system during reaction. BA was prepared for transesterification by drying in oven at 105±2°C to constant weight. …

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Acid-catalyzed production of biodiesel over arenesulfonic SBA-15: Insights into the role of water in the reaction network

Melero, Juan A.; Bautista, L. Fernando; Morales, Gabriel; … - In: Renewable Energy 75 (2015) C, pp. 425-432

simultaneously affected by transesterification, esterification and hydrolysis reactions, all of them catalyzed by Brønsted acid sites … profile in order to first promote transesterification at high temperature and then reduce the temperature to keep at a minimum …

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