The depletion of fossil fuels has heightened research and utilization of renewable energy
such as biodiesel. However, this has thrown up another challenge of significant increase in …

Glycerol is a by-product produced from biodiesel, fatty acid, soap and bioethanol industries.
Today, the value of glycerol is decreasing in the global market due to glycerol surplus, which …

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic carbon source and has received a
great deal of interest as renewable and sustainable feedstock for the production of potential …

Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) production from catalytic dehydration of fructose was studied
over mesoporous silica heterogenized perfluorosulfonic acid resin (Aquivion@ silica) …

Catalytic esterification of glycerol with oleic acid (OA) was optimized over hydrophobic
mesoporous zirconia-silica heterogeneous acid catalyst (ZrO2-SiO2-Me&Et-PhSO3H) and …

The growing expansion of biodiesel industries led to an increasing formation of by-products
as glycerol, which can be considered as building block molecule to high-added value …

The catalytic performance of Aquivion PFSA, a solid superacid, was investigated in the
catalytic glycosylation of glucose with fatty alcohols. Four main criteria were considered to …

The perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) Aquivion PW98 is an amphiphilic solid superacid which is
shown to catalyze the conversion of cellulose into amphiphilic alkyl glycosides (AAGs) in …

This study aimed catalytic conversion of steam exploded hydrolyzate from oil palm trunk to
produce furfural by using sulfuric acid, amberlyst-15, and a blend of hydrotalcite and …

Homogeneous catalytic dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide has been performed with a
series of metal tosylates as catalysts. Conversions up to 100% and selectivities into …