An overview on the recent advancements of sustainable heterogeneous catalysts and prominent continuous reactor for biodiesel production

J Gupta, M Agarwal, AK Dalai - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a renewable energy source. However, high production cost, low product
efficiency, and long reaction time have been the main technical challenges in biodiesel …

Biodiesel production using solid acid catalysts based on metal oxides

K Vasić, G Hojnik Podrepšek, Ž Knez, M Leitgeb - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
The development of solid acid catalysts, especially based on metal oxides and different
magnetic nanoparticles, gained much awareness recently as a result of the development of …

Highly stretchable, self-adhesive, biocompatible, conductive hydrogels as fully polymeric strain sensors

D Zhang, Y Tang, Y Zhang, F Yang, Y Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of highly stretchable and sensitive soft strain sensors is of great importance for
broad applications in artificial intelligence, wearable devices, and soft robotics, but it proved …

Numerical desirability function for adsorption of methylene blue dye by sulfonated pomegranate peel biochar: modeling, kinetic, isotherm, thermodynamic, and …

AH Jawad, AS Abdulhameed, MAKM Hanafiah… - Korean Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Sulfonated pomegranate (Punica granatum) peel biochar (SPPBC) was developed via
thermal activation with sulfuric acid (H2SO4) to act as a promising biochar material for the …

Microwave-assisted biodiesel production using bio-waste catalyst and process optimization using response surface methodology and kinetic study

R Devasan, JVL Ruatpuia, SP Gouda, P Kodgire… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Providing sufficient energy supply and reducing the effects of global warming are serious
challenges in the present decades. In recent years, biodiesel has been viewed as an …

Synthesis of renewable heterogeneous acid catalyst from oil palm empty fruit bunch for glycerol-free biodiesel production

WY Wong, S Lim, YL Pang, SH Shuit, WH Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Interest in biodiesel research has escalated over the years due to dwindling fossil fuel
reserves. The implementation of a carbon-based solid acid catalyst in biodiesel production …

Synthesis and characterization of bifunctional magnetic nano-catalyst from rice husk for production of biodiesel

B Hazmi, U Rashid, ML Ibrahim, IA Nehdi… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, bifunctional magnetic nano-catalyst was successfully derived from rice husk
char doped with potassium oxide and nickel oxide by impregnation techniques, and their …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient synthesis and investigation of waste-derived adsorbent for water purification. Exploring the impact of surface functionalization on methylene blue dye …

F Valentini, E Cerza, F Campana, A Marrocchi… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
In pursuit of sustainable water management, the preparation of adsorbent materials via
waste upcycling for water purification practices plays a decisive role. The sulphonated …

Enhanced low-temperature production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil: aluminum industrial waste as a precursor of efficient CaO/Al2O3 nano-catalyst

AH Abu-Ghazala, HH Abdelhady, AA Mazhar… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of the current study is to employ aluminum industrial waste (AIW) as a
precursor for the preparation of a novel environmentally benign CaO/Al 2 O 3 nano-catalyst …

A comprehensive review on nanocatalysts and nanobiocatalysts for biodiesel production in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil and USA

HI Mahdi, NN Ramlee, JL da Silva Duarte, YS Cheng… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is an alternative to fossil-derived diesel with similar properties and several
environmental benefits. Biodiesel production using conventional catalysts such as …