Valorization of municipal wastes using co-pyrolysis for green energy production, energy security, and environmental sustainability: A review

WAW Mahari, E Azwar, SY Foong, A Ahmed… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is a potential technology used for the transformation of municipal wastes into
energy products such as biofuel. Existing reviews on pyrolysis mainly focus on agroforestry …

Development of nickel based catalysts for the transformation of natural triglycerides and related compounds into green diesel: a critical review

C Kordulis, K Bourikas, M Gousi, E Kordouli… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
The accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere resulting from the extensive use
of fossil fuels and the depletion of oil reserves due to the increasing demands for energy …

Drop-in biofuels production from microalgae to hydrocarbons: Microalgal cultivation and harvesting, conversion pathways, economics and prospects for aviation

S Martinez-Villarreal, A Breitenstein… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last few years, governments all around the world have agreed upon migrating towards
carbon-neutral economies as a strategy for restraining the effects of climate change. A major …

Thermochemical conversion of triglycerides for production of drop-in liquid fuels

J Xu, J Jiang, J Zhao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for transportation fuels, coupled with the depletion of petroleum
resources and growing environmental concerns necessitates the development of efficient …

Comparison between physical properties and chemical composition of bio-oils derived from lignocellulose and triglyceride sources

T Stedile, L Ender, HF Meier, EL Simionatto… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Biomass can be used in the production of alternative liquid fuels and other chemicals
through the pyrolysis process. The types of biomass used to obtain bio-oils can be divided …

Effect of oil blends derived from catalytic pyrolysis of waste cooking oil on diesel engine performance, emissions and combustion characteristics

MS Gad, OS Abu-Elyazeed, MA Mohamed, AM Hashim - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to study the effect of pyrolysis oil from economical feedstock
waste cooking oil on engine performance, emissions and combustion characteristics. Effect …

Technology readiness level assessment of pyrolysis of trygliceride biomass to fuels and chemicals

RF Beims, CL Simonato, VR Wiggers - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fuels produced from triglyceride biomass have been extensively studied in recent decades.
However, despite these efforts, there is still a gap between the bench scale and higher …

Thermal catalytic cracking of crude palm oil at pilot scale: Effect of the percentage of Na2CO3 on the quality of biofuels

AA Mancio, KMB Da Costa, CC Ferreira… - Industrial Crops and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the influence of catalyst content on the physical–chemical properties, yield, and
chemical composition of organic liquid products (OLP) obtained by thermal catalytic cracking …

Diesel engine performance, emissions and combustion characteristics of biodiesel and its blends derived from catalytic pyrolysis of waste cooking oil

M Mohamed, CK Tan, A Fouda, MS Gad… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper first describes a slow catalytic pyrolysis process used for synthesizing biodiesel
from waste cooking oil (WCO) as a feedstock. The influence of variations in the catalyst type …

Separation and characterization of biofuels in the jet fuel and diesel fuel ranges by fractional distillation of organic liquid products

AA Mancio, SAP da Mota, CC Ferreira, TUS Carvalho… - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigated the fractional distillation on bench scale of four organic liquid
products (OLPs) obtained by thermal-catalytic cracking of crude palm oil using 5%, 10 …