SK Hoekman, A Broch, C Robbins, E Ceniceros… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a renewable transportation fuel consisting of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), generally produced by transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats. In this review, the …
CSK Lin, LA Pfaltzgraff, L Herrero-Davila… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Increasing demand for fuels and chemicals, driven by factors including over-population, the threat of global warming and the scarcity of fossil resources, strains our resource system and …
PS Nigam, A Singh - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2011 - Elsevier
This article is an up-to-date review of the literature available on the subject of liquid biofuels. In search of a suitable fuel alternative to fast depleting fossil fuel and oil reserves and in …
The chemical-catalyzed transesterification of vegetable oils to biodiesel has been industrially adopted due to its high conversion rates and low production time. However, this …
This paper begins with a review on the current techniques used for the treatment and recovery of waste oil, which is then followed by an extensive review of the recent …
E Suali, R Sarbatly - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper primarily presents an overall review of the use of microalgae as a biofuel feedstock. Among the microalgae that have potential as biofuel feedstock, Chlorella …
Homogeneous acid catalysts received wide acceptability because of their fast reaction rates. However, postproduction costs incurred from aqueous quenching, wastewater and loss of …
Biodiesel, defined as the mono-alkyl esters of vegetable oils or animal fats, is an environmentally attractive alternative to conventional petroleum diesel fuel (petrodiesel) …
AP Vyas, JL Verma, N Subrahmanyam - Fuel, 2010 - Elsevier
Among the options explored for alternative energy sources, bio-diesel is one of the most attractive. This paper discussed about the various production processes, few of which are …