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 …

Conversion of biomass platform molecules into fuel additives and liquid hydrocarbon fuels

MJ Climent, A Corma, S Iborra - Green Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work some relevant processes for the preparation of liquid hydrocarbon fuels and fuel
additives from cellulose, hemicellulose and triglycerides derived platform molecules are …

Production of fuels and chemicals from biomass: condensation reactions and beyond

L Wu, T Moteki, AA Gokhale, DW Flaherty, FD Toste - Chem, 2016 - cell.com
Renewable resources and bio-based feedstocks may present a sustainable alternative to
petrochemical sources to satisfy modern society's ever-increasing demand for energy and …

An overview of recent research in the conversion of glycerol into biofuels, fuel additives and other bio-based chemicals

UI Nda-Umar, I Ramli, YH Taufiq-Yap, EN Muhamad - Catalysts, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

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 …

Design of highly efficient Mo and W-promoted SnO 2 solid acids for heterogeneous catalysis: acetalization of bio-glycerol

B Mallesham, P Sudarsanam, G Raju, BM Reddy - Green Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of highly promising solid acids is one of the key technologies to meet the
essential challenges of economical and environmental concerns. Thus, novel molybdenum …

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 …

Acetylation of glycerol to biofuel additives over sulfated activated carbon catalyst

MS Khayoon, BH Hameed - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Oxygenated fuel additives can be produced by acetylation of glycerol. A 91% glycerol
conversion with a selectivity of 38%, 28% and 34% for mono-, di-and triacetyl glyceride …

Production of bioadditives from glycerol esterification over zirconia supported heteropolyacids

S Zhu, Y Zhu, X Gao, T Mo, Y Zhu, Y Li - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The synthesis of bioadditives for biofuels from glycerol esterification with acetic acid was
performed over zirconia supported heteropolyacids catalysts using H4SiW12O40 (HSiW) …