Sage and lavender essential oils as potential antimicrobial agents for foods

B Speranza, A Guerrieri, A Racioppo… - Microbiology …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Modern society is becoming more and more reluctant to use antibiotic or chemical
compounds in food production and is demanding foods without what they perceive as …

Optimization of microreactor-intensified transesterification reaction of sesame cake oil (sesame waste) for biodiesel production using magnetically immobilized lipase …

E Parandi, M Mousavi, H Kiani, HR Nodeh… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzyme-catalyzed transesterification to produce biodiesel is a time-consuming reaction.
This study aimed to use a recoverable nanomagnetic immobilized enzyme and microreactor …

Alumina and titanium nanoparticles to diesel–Guizotia abyssinica (L.) biodiesel blends on MFVCR engine performance and emissions

MS Abishek, S Kachhap, U Rajak, TN Verma… - Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Deteriorating air quality and diminishing fossil fuel reserves drive the demand for alternative
fuels. Biodiesel from animal and plant sources appears promising, but it has drawbacks like …

A Comprehensive Review of the Impact of Nano-Catalysts on Biodiesel Production

CS Damian, Y Devarajan - Journal of Biosystems Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Purpose This review evaluates the potential of nanocatalysts to enhance the efficiency and
sustainability of biodiesel production from nonedible feedstocks such as waste cooking oil …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of biodegradable polydisulfides from renewable resources

P Polyak, AS Pillai, K Molnar, E Mijowska… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the synthesis and preliminary characterization of polydisulfides from
a renewable resource. Di-linoleic diol was first converted into dithiol via transesterification of …

Vortex-assisted liquid–liquid microextraction with polyhydric alcohols as selective extraction solvents coupled with HPLC for highly efficient analysis of TBHQ in …

Y Liu, X Wang, L Chen, Z Fan, W Liu, J Yu - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The antioxidant tert-Butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) in biodiesel is easily oxidized to tert-
Butylquinone (TQ), which adversely affects the accurate determination of TBHQ. In this work …

Nanoparticles as Catalysts in Biodiesel Production and Utilization in Internal Combustion Engine: Assessing Efficiency, Sustainability, and Environmental Impacts

BS Ajith, SB Prakash, S Yashwin, DMP GC… - Sustainability, and … - papers.ssrn.com
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the use of nanoparticles as catalysts in biodiesel
production, focusing on their impact on efficiency, sustainability, and environmental health …