Biodiesel via supercritical ethanolysis within a global analysis “feedstocks-conversion-engine” for a sustainable fuel alternative

L Coniglio, JAP Coutinho, JY Clavier, F Jolibert… - Progress in Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The challenges in reducing the world's dependence on crude oil and the greenhouse gas
accumulation in the atmosphere, while simultaneously improving engine performance …

Design and analysis of fuel ethanol production from raw glycerol

JA Posada, CA Cardona - Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Three configurations for fuel ethanol production from raw glycerol using Escherichia coli
were simulated and economically assessed using Aspen Plus and Aspen Icarus …

Diversity and characterization of lignocellulolytic fungi isolated from oil palm empty fruit bunch, and identification of influencing factors of natural composting process

PM Tahir, SY Lee, AF Ang, SH Lee, R Mohamed… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) is the most significant waste generated from the agricultural
industry in Malaysia. Composting is one of the potential approaches to utilize EFB. However …

Energy self-sufficiency of smallholder oil palm processing in Nigeria

EI Ohimain, SC Izah - Renewable Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The study evaluated the contribution of various energy sources to the smallholder
processing of oil palm in Nigeria. Ten small-scale palm oil processing mills were visited at …

[HTML][HTML] Production of biodiesel from chicken wastes by various alcohol-catalyst combinations

CW Lin, SW Tsai - Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2015 - scielo.org.za
An environmentally friendly biorefinery process for producing biodiesel from chicken wastes
was performed for this study. Low acid value (0.13±0.01 mg KOH/g) chicken oil was …

Synthesis of fatty acid methyl ester from used vegetable cooking oil by solid reusable Mg1− x Zn1+ xO2 catalyst

MA Olutoye, BH Hameed - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Fatty acid methyl ester was produced from used vegetable cooking oil using Mg1− x Zn1+
xO2 solid catalyst and the performance monitored in terms of ester content obtained. Used …

Sustainable production of biofuels from microalgae using a biorefinary approach

B Singh, A Guldhe, P Singh, A Singh, I Rawat… - … : Present scenario and …, 2015 - Springer
Biorefinery has emerged as a new concept to derive more than one utility product from
biomass. The products from biorefinery include one or more biofuels (biodiesel, bioethanol …

Use of heterogeneous acid catalyst combined with pressurized conditions for esters production from macauba pulp oil and methyl acetate

LJ Visioli, F de Castilhos, C da Silva - The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to evaluate the production of fatty acid methyl esters using
macauba oil and methyl acetate under pressurized conditions, using heterogeneous γ …

Catalytic pyrolysis of glycerol into syngas over ceria-promoted Ni/α-Al2O3 catalyst

MNN Shahirah, J Gimbun, A Ideris, MR Khan… - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the catalytic pyrolysis of glycerol into syngas over a 3 wt% Ce-20 wt%
Ni/77 wt% α-Al 2 O 3 catalyst and at reaction temperatures of 973 K, 1023 K and 1073 K. NH …

Dilute sulphuric acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of Moringa oleifera empty pods

E Hernández, A García, M López, J Puls… - Industrial Crops and …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, dilute sulphuric acid prehydrolysis of residual empty pods of Moringa oleifera
fruits was investigated as pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. In experiments …