Progress and future of biodiesel synthesis: Advancements in oil extraction and conversion technologies

B Karmakar, G Halder - Energy conversion and management, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has gained the forefront of our focus on renewable transportation fuels. This article
provides a comprehensive review on the sources used as feedstock and their classification …

Towards a sustainable approach for development of biodiesel from plant and microalgae

B Singh, A Guldhe, I Rawat, F Bux - Renewable and sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The production of biodiesel can be accomplished using a variety of feedstock sources. Plant
and microalgae based feedstocks are prominent and are studied extensively. Plant based …

State of the art of biodiesel production under supercritical conditions

O Farobie, Y Matsumura - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the current status of biodiesel production mainly under supercritical
conditions. Various methods such as homogeneous acid-and alkali-catalyzed …

An overview on the production of biodiesel enabled by continuous flow methodologies

C Carlucci - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biodiesel was produced via transesterification reaction catalyzed by acids, bases, enzymes
or supercritical fluids. The catalysis was homogeneous or heterogeneous and the process …

Biodiesel production in micro-reactors: A review

A Tiwari, VM Rajesh, S Yadav - Energy for sustainable development, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, biodiesel, as a renewable and environment-friendly fuel has emerged as
one of the most investigated bio-fuel with a goal to decrease our dependence on petroleum …

Transesterification of canola, palm, peanut, soybean and sunflower oil with methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanol and tert-butanol to biodiesel: Modelling of …

B Likozar, J Levec - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Mechanism of alcoholysis (eg methanolysis) using different oils, alcohols and homogeneous
base catalysts was utilized to devise chemical kinetics and thermodynamics based on fatty …

Recent insights into continuous-flow biodiesel production via catalytic and non-catalytic transesterification processes

DT Tran, JS Chang, DJ Lee - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has been receiving considerable attention as an alternative energy source over
the last decade. Conventionally, biodiesel is produced by transesterification of lipid and …

Catalytic transformation of biomass derivatives to value‐added chemicals and fuels in continuous flow microreactors

A Hommes, HJ Heeres, J Yue - ChemCatChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass as a renewable and abundantly available carbon source is a promising alternative
to fossil resources for the production of chemicals and fuels. The development of biobased …

Transesterification of oil to biodiesel in a continuous tubular reactor with static mixers: Modelling reaction kinetics, mass transfer, scale-up and optimization …

B Likozar, A Pohar, J Levec - Fuel Processing Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Simulations of the methanolysis of lipids in a mixer-packed bed heterogeneous flow process
were performed based on the thermodynamics (equilibrium) as well as mechanism and …

Use of bioethanol for biodiesel production

C Brunschwig, W Moussavou, J Blin - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2012 - Elsevier
Faced with the energy crisis and environmental degradation, due to the massive use of fossil
energy sources, biodiesel is an attractive alternative to diesel fuel. With a view to developing …