Soybean biodiesel production using synergistic CaO/Ag nano catalyst: Process optimization, kinetic study, and economic evaluation

Z Zhu, Y Liu, W Cong, X Zhao, J Janaun, T Wei… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A heterogeneous CaO/Ag nano catalyst was developed and applied for biodiesel production
from transesterification of soybean oil. The silver performed synergistic effects with CaO on …

Biodiesel production through non-conventional supercritical routes: process simulation and technical evaluation

JR Pacheco, HGD Villardi, RM Cavalcante… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The conventional chemical route for biodiesel production is transesterification, which is
carried out on industry via homogeneous alkaline catalysis. Although several alternative …

Facile synthesis and economic analysis of Cu/C catalyst for efficient biodiesel production

Y Liu, Z Zhu, J Shi, S Zhao, F Liu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A cheap biochar‐based metal catalyst, Cu/C was prepared by employing a facile pyrolysis
method and using the waste biomass resource of rice straw as C source, and was used in …

Impact of biodiesel production on a soybean biorefinery

T Barreiros, A Young, R Cavalcante, E Queiroz - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiesel, mainly produced from soybean, is an alternative to replace fossil fuels and to
decrease the Brazilian external dependence on petrochemical diesel. However, soybean …

Biodiesel production by the methylic-alkaline and ethylic-enzymatic routes: Discussion of some environmental aspects

M de Mello, A Young, H Villardi, F Pessoa… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
A comparative environmental impact analysis of the soybean biodiesel production by two
different technologies is run in this study. The production routes evaluated were the alkali …

Process simulation and economic evaluation of the industrial production of triacetin from glycerol: Comparing acetic acid and acetic anhydride as possible reagents

HC dos Santos, BE Stutz, AF Young - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to simulate, in Aspen HYSYS® v12. 1, the process of
obtaining triacetin from glycerol through three chemical routes: via acetic acid (Route 1) …

Life cycle assessment of biodiesel produced by the methylic-alkaline and ethylic-enzymatic routes

MCS de Mello, HGDA Villardi, AF Young, FLP Pessoa… - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
A comparative environmental impact analysis of the soybean biodiesel production by two
different technologies was done in this study. The production routes evaluated were the …

Biodiesel production through non-conventional supercritical routes: economic evaluation

JR Pacheco, HGD Villardi, RM Cavalcante… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Supercritical biodiesel production has the potential to process cheaper raw materials and
reduce separation costs. It did not proved to be competitive with the traditional …

Techno-economic assessment of an alternative process for biodiesel production from feedstock containing high levels of free fatty acids

AA Albuquerque, L Danielski, L Stragevitch - Energy & Fuels, 2016 - ACS Publications
The technical and economic feasibility of an alternative process for biodiesel production
from residual oil and fats (ROF) was compared to two cases of the conventional two-step …

(Vapor+ Liquid) Equilibrium for Mixtures Ethanol+ Biodiesel from Soybean Oil and Frying Oil

PMS Kalvelage, AA Albuquerque… - International Journal …, 2017 - dergipark.org.tr
In order to provide new isobaric vapor− liquid equilibrium (VLE) data for ethanol-biodiesel
systems, experimental boiling points for mixtures of ethanol+ biodiesel from soybean oil (SB) …