Biodiesel is gaining acceptance in the market as fuel and lubricant. It is expected that biodiesel industries will … rapidly grow worldwide in the coming years and information on biodiesel feedstock, production, and characteristics will be … biodiesel. In the present paper, a comprehensive review is reported on feedstock, production technologies, and characteristics …

Methanol was replaced by dimethyl carbonate for biodiesel production. In the process, fatty acid methyl ester (FAME …) was produced through transesterification of soybean oil with dimethyl carbonate (DMC) using potassium methoxide as a …

Biodiesel as a biodegradable, sustainable and clean energy has worldwide attracted renewed and growing interest in … topical years, chiefly due to development in biodiesel fuel and ecological pressures which include climatic changes. In the … production of biodiesel from biomass, separation and purification of biodiesel is a critical technology. Conventional …

, neem and cotton seed oil) were used to optimize the biodiesel production process variables like catalyst concentration … biodiesel in cold weather conditions, but for hot climate condition biodiesel obtained from the remaining oil sources is …

In this investigation, Mahua Oil Ethyl Ester was prepared by transesterification using sulfuric acid (H2SO4) as …

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 …

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 …

vehicles. Biodiesel is one of the options as alternative transport fuel. This can be produced from straight vegetable oils … the major factors affecting the large scale production of the biodiesels. The transesterification is one of the production … processes for biodiesel, but incomplete esterification of all fatty acids in the starting material, lengthy purification methods …

Biodiesel is mainly produced by transesterification reaction between lipid feedstock such as vegetable oil or algal oil … and alcohol. Considering the depletion of conventional fossil fuel, biodiesel is gaining more attention as a renewable …, sustainable and environmental friendly fuel. Heterogeneous catalysts are mostly applied in transesterification reaction due to …