Advances in porous and nanoscale catalysts for viable biomass conversion

P Sudarsanam, E Peeters, EV Makshina… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous catalysis is a promising technology for the valorization of renewable
biomass to sustainable advanced fuels and fine chemicals. Porosity and nanostructure are …

Functionalised heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable biomass valorisation

P Sudarsanam, R Zhong, S Van den Bosch… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient transformation of biomass to value-added chemicals and high-energy density fuels
is pivotal for a more sustainable economy and carbon-neutral society. In this framework …

Supported MoOx and WOx Solid Acids for Biomass Valorization: Interplay of Coordination Chemistry, Acidity, and Catalysis

P Sudarsanam, NK Gupta, B Mallesham, N Singh… - Acs …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supported molybdenum oxide (MoO x) and tungsten oxide (WO x) materials are a vital class
of solid acid catalysts for the chemical industry because of their nontoxic nature, strong …

Oxygenated fuel additives from glycerol valorization. Main production pathways and effects on fuel properties and engine performance: A critical review

A Cornejo, I Barrio, M Campoy, J Lázaro… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The projected growth of biodiesel world production has led to an increasing interest in
finding new routes to valorize the large amount of glycerol produced linked to this biofuel …

TiO2-Based Water-Tolerant Acid Catalysis for Biomass-Based Fuels and Chemicals

P Sudarsanam, H Li, TV Sagar - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Solid acid catalysts alone or in combination with redox metals play a pivotal role in biomass
valorization to obtain alternative fuels and chemicals. In acid-catalyzed biomass …

Advances in upgrading biomass to biofuels and oxygenated fuel additives using metal oxide catalysts

J Ethiraj, D Wagh, H Manyar - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increasing demand for transportation fuels, awareness of climate change, and dwindling
supplies of crude oil has led to the rapid increase in production of biomass derived …

Recent advances in catalytic conversion of glycerol

CH Zhou, H Zhao, DS Tong, LM Wu, WH Yu - Catalysis Reviews, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The article underlines and discusses the state-of-the-art accomplishments in the catalytic
conversion of glycerol (1, 2, 3-propanetriol) to fuels and value-added chemicals in the past …

A review on the catalytic acetalization of bio-renewable glycerol to fuel additives

A Talebian-Kiakalaieh, NAS Amin, N Najaafi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The last 20 years have seen an unprecedented breakthrough in the biodiesel industry
worldwide leads to abundance of glycerol. Therefore, the economic utilization of glycerol to …

Recent Advances in the Valorization of Biodiesel By‐Product Glycerol to Solketal

S Ao, SL Rokhum - Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exponential rise of the biodiesel production has resulted in a considerable amount of
glycerol as a by‐product, which must be valorized to ensure the sector's long‐term viability …

Highly selective acetalization of glycerol with acetone to solketal over acidic carbon-based catalysts from biodiesel waste

M Gonçalves, R Rodrigues, TS Galhardo, WA Carvalho - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The glycerol acetalization reaction in the presence of acetone was evaluated using acidic
carbon-based catalysts from biodiesel waste as catalysts. Acidic carbon-based catalysts …