Biodiesel is a sustainable alternative to petroleum diesel. The main bottlenecks in the commercialization of biodiesel are production costs and suitable industrial techniques to …
Annually the transport sector consumes a quarter of global primary energy and is responsible for related greenhouse gas emissions. Presently, petroleum derived liquid fuels …
K Thakkar, K Shah, P Kodgire, SS Kachhwaha - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study demonstrates innovative and industrially viable in-situ biodiesel production process using coordinated ultrasound-microwave reactor. Reactive extraction …
The catalyst-free transesterification of castor oil under supercritical conditions, using methanol, was studied in this research to determine the molar ratio (methanol: castor oil) …
EL Almeida, JE Olivo, CMG Andrade - Fermentation, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biodiesel is seen as a successor to diesel of petrochemical origin, as it can be used in cycle and stationary engines and be obtained from renewable raw materials. Currently, the …
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of methyl acetate as a solvent in the pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) of crambe seed oil. The extractions were conducted in an …
In this work, physicochemical properties and rheological behaviour of waste cooking oil (WCO), castor oil (CO), rubber seed oil (RSO) and their methyl esters (ME), as well as ME …
A novel process for the synthesis of biodegradable bio-lubricant basestocks from epoxidized waste cooking oil (WCO) and waste cooking oil fatty acid methyl ester (WCOFAME) was …
M Santaraite, E Sendzikiene, V Makareviciene… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, low-quality rapeseed was used as a raw material for biodiesel fuel production. The application of such seeds with an enzyme catalyst is a green approach to producing …