An overview on advancements in biobased transesterification methods for biodiesel production: Oil resources, extraction, biocatalysts, and process intensification …

SK Bhatia, RK Bhatia, JM Jeon, A Pugazhendhi… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a non-toxic renewable energy source that is gaining attention globally owing to
its direct applicability in preexisting engines without any modification. Various technologies …

Inedible oil feedstocks for biodiesel production: A review of production technologies and physicochemical properties

Y Devarajan, DB Munuswamy, G Subbiah… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel emits lesser harmful pollutant emissions than renewable and biodegradable ones
compared diesel. Research confirms that edible products and crops are the major sources of …

Structured data management for investigating an optimum reactive distillation design

R Muthia - ADI Journal on Recent Innovation, 2023 - adi-journal.org
Reaction and separation are the two most important processes in the chemical industry that
significantly affect the overall energy and cost requirements. Therefore, the operation of …

Perspectives on the process intensification of CO2 capture and utilization

E Pahija, S Golshan, B Blais, DC Boffito - Chemical Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon capture and utilization technologies require research and development to be
implemented commercially. Process intensification (PI) technologies will help reduce the …

Biodiesel and other value-added products from bio-oil obtained from agrifood waste

FJ Sánchez-Borrego, P Alvarez-Mateos… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bio-oil is a promising source of chemicals and renewable fuels. As the liquid phase obtained
from the pyrolysis of biomass, the composition and amount of bio-oil generated depend not …

Techno-economic analysis of Scenedesmus dimorphus microalgae biorefinery scenarios for biodiesel production and glycerol valorization

EMT Carbajal, EM Hernández, LF Linares… - Bioresource Technology …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work five biorefinery scenarios are proposed for the production of five different target
products. Two of these scenarios included biodiesel production from Scenedesmus …

Optimizing algal biodiesel production from a novel reactive distillation based unit: Reducing CO2 emission and cost

B Mondal, GP Rangaiah, AK Jana - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
The algal biodiesel as a potential alternative to conventional petroleum fuel and first-
generation biofuel has been explored extensively but the efficacy of its production in a …

Nano-catalytic heterogeneous reactive distillation for algal biodiesel production: Multi-objective optimization and heat integration

B Mondal, SS Parhi, GP Rangaiah, AK Jana - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work proposes a novel reactive distillation (RD) column for the production of algal
biodiesel by the use of a heterogeneous nano-catalyst, Ca (OCH 3) 2. The elitist non …

A novel solar reactive distillation based production of algal biodiesel: Retrofitting, carbon cost and process economics

B Mondal, AK Jana - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this contribution, solar power driven reactive distillation based process is developed for
the production of algal biodiesel. For industrial scale operation, the conventional reactive …

A zero discharge, carbon-neutral bi-fuel production process for algal biodiesel and renewable hydrogen

B Mondal, P Kapadiya, AK Jana - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
This work proposes a novel zero discharge, carbon-neutral bioprocess for the simultaneous
production of algal biodiesel and renewable hydrogen. This innovative bi-fuel production …