Biodiesel production processes and sustainable raw materials

M Ramos, APS Dias, JF Puna, J Gomes, JC Bordado - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Energy security and environmental concerns, related to the increasing carbon emissions,
have prompted in the last years the search for renewable and sustainable fuels. Biodiesel, a …

Effectiveness of biogenic waste‐derived heterogeneous catalysts and feedstock hybridization techniques in biodiesel production

AO Etim, P Musonge… - Biofuels, Bioproducts and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiesel has the potential to contribute significantly to the elimination of the present global
energy and climate change logjam, but its production and commercialization have been …

Banana peduncle–A green and renewable heterogeneous base catalyst for biodiesel production from Ceiba pentandra oil

M Balajii, S Niju - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, the feasibility of utilizing Musa spp “Pisang Awak” peduncle derived ash
as a highly effective renewable heterogeneous basic catalyst for transesterification of …

Biodiesel production from mixed non-edible oils, castor seed oil and waste fish oil

AB Fadhil, ETB Al-Tikrity, MA Albadree - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production from non-edible oils is one of the effective approach to reduce cost of
production, and solve part of the obstacles facing the availability of the traditional raw …

Biodiesel production from Silybum marianum L. seed oil with high FFA content using sulfonated carbon catalyst for esterification and base catalyst for …

AB Fadhil, AM Aziz, MH Al-Tamer - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
In this research work, waste of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was converted into
activated carbon and the latter was used in the preparation of a carbon acid catalyst. Waste …

Transesterification of castor oil for biodiesel production: process optimization and characterization

RK Elango, K Sathiasivan, C Muthukumaran… - Microchemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, batch scale biodiesel production was carried out using castor oil by
alkali-catalyzed transesterification process was reported. Initially, the transesterification …

Valorization of waste tires in the synthesis of an effective carbon based catalyst for biodiesel production from a mixture of non-edible oils

AK Ayoob, AB Fadhil - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In this investigation, char derived by the pyrolysis of waste tires was steam activated, to
prepare waste tires derived activated carbon (WTAC). The attained WTAC was then …

Reuse of immobilized lipases in the transesterification of waste fish oil for the production of biodiesel

M Marín-Suárez, D Méndez-Mateos, A Guadix… - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This work deals with the optimization and enzyme reuse of lipase-catalyzed
transesterification of low quality fish oil, as an environmentally friendly alternative for the …

Valorization of fish discards for the sustainable production of renewable fuels

SS Karkal, TG Kudre - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Production of eco-friendly fuels is gaining momentum owing to the setbacks associated with
non-renewable fossil fuels, which mainly include cost, energy crisis, and global warming …

Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) palm stones as a potential new feedstock for liquid bio-fuels production

AB Fadhil, MA Alhayali, LI Saeed - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present investigation, Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) stones were utilized in the
production of different types of biodiesel in addition to bio-oil. The oil was extracted from the …