In a bid to increase the cost competitiveness of biodiesel production against mineral diesel, process intensification … has been studied for numerous biodiesel processing technologies. Subsequently, reactive extraction or in situ … as another alternative for biodiesel production. …

Application of ultrasound-assisted biodiesel production process from Jatropha oil catalyzed by activated carbon … sonifier power) and catalyst amount (2.5–4.5 w/w oil) were studied. A mathematical representation for biodiesel yield was …

Fischer Tropsch biodiesel production plants locations in Finland. The optimal plant locations with least cost options are … energy demand (biodiesel, heat, biofuel import). Model results show that five biodiesel production plants of 390 MWfeedstock …, the Fischer Tropsch biodiesel can be produced at a cost around 18 €/GJ including by-products income. Furthermore, the …

/oil molar ratio, catalyst (%), catalyst type, and temperature affected the process. The highest yield of biodiesel was obtained … also conducted the physicochemical analysis of the soybean oil used as feedstock to produce biodiesel. …

This work investigated the potential of shea butter oil (SBO) as feedstock for synthesis of biodiesel. Due to high free … while its conversion to biodiesel was modeled and optimized using RSM and artificial neural network (ANN). The acid value of …/v, oil/methanol molar ratio of 3.5, and time of 30 min with actual shea butter oil biodiesel (SBOB) yield of 99.65% (w …

Due to rapid depletion of the fossil fuel reserves and environmental concerns biodiesel has attracted a great deal of … the transesterification reaction of waste cooking oil for biodiesel production. The physicochemical properties of the … catalytic activity in the transesterification of WCO, providing maximum biodiesel yield of 89.33% at 5.0 g of catalyst loading …

The current study describes the emphatic use of response surface methodology for the optimized biodiesel production … using chemical and enzymatic transesterification of rice bran and sunflower oils. Optimal biodiesel yields were determined … biodiesel. The fuel properties of both the rice bran and sunflower oil based biodiesel were shown to be technically compatible …

dowex) on the biodiesel yields. The optimum conditions were 0.5%wt. of NaOH, 30min reaction time, 50°C reaction temperature …, 7.5 methanol to oil ratio and purification with hot distilled water. 96% biodiesel yield with ∼97% ester content was … obtained biodiesel according to ASTM D 6751 and EN 14214 standards were in accordance with the required limits. As a conclusion …

This study aimed at using a non-edible NO (neem oil) for biodiesel production by modeling and optimizing the two … of 36 min and temperature of 60 °C using RSM (response surface methodology). For biodiesel synthesis, ANN (artificial … neural networks) coupled with rotation inherit optimization established a better model than RSM. The condition established by …

The European biodiesel industry is currently facing several challenges affecting the profitability of investment … projects in the industry. Among these challenges are higher prices for oilseeds, which are the main input for biodiesel … production, lower fiscal support by national governments for biodiesel producers and high price volatility of oil markets. Thus …