Deoxygenation of fatty acid to produce diesel-like hydrocarbons: A review of process conditions, reaction kinetics and mechanism

L Hermida, AZ Abdullah, AR Mohamed - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2015 - Elsevier
Deoxygenation process of fatty acid as a renewable resource to produce diesel-like
hydrocarbons is one of the alternatives to address drastic shortage of crude oil-based fuels …

The effect of pH/PAC on the coagulation of anionic surfactant wastewater generated in the cosmetic production

L Zhang, X Liu, M Zhang, T Wang, H Tang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The wastewater generated from the production of cosmetic raw materials contained a large
number of anionic surfactants, which could hardly meet the wastewater discharge standards …

Evaluation of on-site biological treatment options for hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase derived from sludge in municipal wastewater treatment plants

IA Basar, A Stokes, C Eskicioglu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerobic treatment, mesophilic anaerobic digestion, thermophilic anaerobic digestion, and
dark fermentation were evaluated for on-site biological treatment of municipal sludge …

Drop-in biofuels production from microalgae to hydrocarbons: Microalgal cultivation and harvesting, conversion pathways, economics and prospects for aviation

S Martinez-Villarreal, A Breitenstein… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last few years, governments all around the world have agreed upon migrating towards
carbon-neutral economies as a strategy for restraining the effects of climate change. A major …

Characteristics of the catalytic fast pyrolysis of vegetable oil soapstock for hydrocarbon-rich fuel

Y Wang, L Ke, Y Peng, Q Yang, Z Du, L Dai… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbon-rich fuel from vegetable oil soapstock is potentially a good alternative to
conventional fossil-derived fuels. This paper reported on pyrolysis experiments with …

Dental calculus reveals potential respiratory irritants and ingestion of essential plant-based nutrients at Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave Israel

K Hardy, A Radini, S Buckley, R Sarig, L Copeland… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Reconstructing detailed aspects of the lives of Lower Palaeolithic hominins, who lived
during the Middle Pleistocene, is challenging due to the restricted nature of the surviving …

Production of bio-oil from waste cooking oil via microwave-assisted pyrolysis in the presence of waste eggshell CaO and HZSM-5: Process optimization and catalyst …

J Xiong, S Zhang, L Fan, Q Zhang, X Cui, L Ke, Y Zeng… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Preparing bio-oil from pyrolysis of waste cooking oil (WCO) has the potential to alleviate the
energy crisis and turn waste into a useful resource. In this study, CaO made from waste …

Ligand decomposition during nanoparticle synthesis: influence of ligand structure and precursor selection

BM Sperry, NA Kukhta, Y Huang… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aliphatic amine and carboxylic acid ligands are widely used as organic solvents during the
bottom-up synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs). Although the ligands' ability to alter …

Production of bio-fuel oil from pyrolysis of plant acidified oil

L Xu, JH Cheng, P Liu, Q Wang, ZX Xu, Q Liu… - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the pyrolysis of plant acidified oil, aiming to upgrade the quality of oil
for fuel use. The decomposition temperature of plant acidified oil was in the range of 300 o C …

Pyrolysis of different types of waste cooking oil in the presence/absence HZSM-5 catalyst: Influence of feedstock characteristics on aromatic formation

Y Wang, Y Zeng, L Fan, Q Wu, L Zhang, J Xiong… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, aromatics were prepared by continuous microwave pyrolysis experiment in the
presence and absence of HZSM-5 using different types of waste cooking oil (corn oil, rice oil …