Recent years have seen rapid growth in utilizing vegetable oils to derive a wide variety of
polymers to replace petroleum-based polymers for minimizing environmental impact …

Vegetable oils are a vital commodity in the industry because of the persisting challenges
encountered with the utilization of fossil fuels, specifically petroleum. Petroleum‐based …

Ultrasonication used for the production of fatty acid methyl ester from non-edible vegetable
oil using immobilized lipase (Chromobacterium viscosum) as a catalyst from Enterobacter …

There are limited options available for compact small-scale biodiesel production equipment
that produces biodiesel of similar quality as that obtained from an industrial-scale production …

The use of microwave heating (MH) constitutes a promising way to upgrade biodiesel via
catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) catalyzed by Raney-Ni. However, mechanistic reports …

The chemo-enzymatic epoxidation of the methyl esters of sunflower oil with lipase from
Candida antarctica B and aqueous H2O2 in the presence and absence of an acyl donor was …

Lubricants and lubrication have been inherent in a machine ever since man invented
machines. It was water and natural esters like vegetable oils and animal fats that were used …

The main thickening agent or soap in multipurpose grease, lithium 12-hydroxystearate, is a
chemical commodity for the auto industry. This compound is obtained from castor oil via a …

Abstract Using Raney-Ni as catalyst, isopropyl alcohol as hydrogen donor and water as
solvent, the intensification of catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) of Jatropha oil biodiesel …

A low-cost Ni-B alloy catalyst was prepared by chemical reduction method and used for
partial hydrogenation of fatty acid methyl esters. The conditions for catalyst preparation …