Production technologies, current role, and future prospects of biofuels feedstocks: A state-of-the-art review

A Callegari, S Bolognesi, D Cecconet… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fossil fuel continued overuse and carbon emissions issues have prompted increased
research efforts on sustainable and renewable energy sources as alternative to fossil fuels …

Castor oil: properties, uses, and optimization of processing parameters in commercial production

VR Patel, GG Dumancas, LCK Viswanath… - Lipid …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Energy crops in sustainable phytoremediation

VC Pandey, O Bajpai, N Singh - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Performance, combustion and emission characteristics of juliflora biodiesel fuelled DI diesel engine

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Production of biodiesel from castor oil: A review

CS Osorio-González, N Gómez-Falcon… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

Exploring marginal and degraded lands for biomass and bioenergy production: An Indian scenario

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 …

Biodiesel resources and production technologies–A review

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 …

Prospects, feedstocks and challenges of biodiesel production from beauty leaf oil and castor oil: A nonedible oil sources in Australia

AK Azad, MG Rasul, MMK Khan, SC Sharma… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study critically reviewed the prospects, feedstocks and challenges of biodiesel
production from two non-edible oil sources, namely Beauty leaf oil (BLT)(Calophyllum …

Performance, combustion and emission characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with papaya and watermelon seed oil bio-diesel/diesel blends

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 …

Bio-diesel production of sunflower through sulphur management in a semi-arid subtropical environment

A Mahmood, MI Awan, S Sadaf, A Mukhtar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
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 …