Castor oil, produced from castor beans, has long been considered to be of important commercial value primarily for the manufacturing of soaps, lubricants, and coatings, among …
Phytoremediation is a holistic approach and can be used in large scale to remediate the contaminated land resources. Although the concept of phytoremediation is few decades old …
MA Asokan, SS Prabu, PKK Bade, VM Nekkanti… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The focus of this investigation is on biodiesel produced from juliflora seeds using the 2-stage acid transesterification process followed by alkali transesterification process producing 80 …
An attractive alternative to the use of fossil fuels is biodiesel, which can be obtained from a variety of feedstock through different transesterification systems such as ultrasound …
SA Edrisi, PC Abhilash - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Globally, the share of renewable energy is limited to 19% of the total energy consumption. Out of which, 9.3% is shared by traditional biomass. In India, the installed capacity of energy …
BL Salvi, NL Panwar - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The environmental concern and availability of fuels are greatly affecting the trends of fuels for transportation vehicles. Biodiesel is one of the options as alternative transport fuel. This …
This study critically reviewed the prospects, feedstocks and challenges of biodiesel production from two non-edible oil sources, namely Beauty leaf oil (BLT)(Calophyllum …
MA Asokan, S Kamesh, W Khan - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we have produced bio diesel from papaya and watermelon seed oil by trans- esterification process using methanol and KOH (catalyst) and a new biodiesel ie WP is …
Energy security is a prime focus of policy makers to support agriculture, industrialisation, and transportation. Due to limited conventional energy sources, there is a need to harness non …