Microalgae-based bioplastics: future solution towards mitigation of plastic wastes

JWR Chong, X Tan, KS Khoo, HS Ng… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global demand for plastic materials has severely harm the environment and marine sea life.
Therefore, bioplastics have emerged as an environmentally friendly alternative due to …

Microalgae biofuels: a critical review of issues, problems and the way forward

MK Lam, KT Lee - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
Culturing of microalgae as an alternative feedstock for biofuel production has received a lot
of attention in recent years due to their fast growth rate and ability to accumulate high …

A review of current technology for biodiesel production: State of the art

EF Aransiola, TV Ojumu, OO Oyekola… - Biomass and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article reviews various technologies that have been used for biodiesel production till
date, with a view to comparing commercial suitability of these methods on the basis of …

Modern heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production: A comprehensive review

APS Chouhan, AK Sarma - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Steep hikes of petroleum prices and rising demand of petroleum products compels the
scientific society to think for the renewable alternative fuels like biodiesel. Biodiesel …

Biodiesel production from renewable feedstocks: Status and opportunities

VB Borugadda, VV Goud - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The increased demand for energy, climate change, and energy security concerns has driven
the research interest for the development of alternative fuel from plant origin. Biodiesel …

A comparative study: the impact of different lipid extraction methods on current microalgal lipid research

Y Li, F Ghasemi Naghdi, S Garg, TC Adarme-Vega… - Microbial cell …, 2014 - Springer
Microalgae cells have the potential to rapidly accumulate lipids, such as triacylglycerides
that contain fatty acids important for high value fatty acids (eg, EPA and DHA) and/or …

The effects of water on biodiesel production and refining technologies: A review

IM Atadashi, MK Aroua, ARA Aziz… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Presence of water during biodiesel production and purification processes, storage and use
in compression ignition (diesel) engines causes problems that cannot be ignored. These …

Production of biodiesel under supercritical conditions: State of the art and bibliometric analysis

P Andreo-Martínez, VM Ortiz-Martínez… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The demand for biodiesel as an alternative and potentially renewable fuel is constantly
rising. Biodiesel production from lipids in supercritical conditions offers several advantages …

Recent advances in sustainable production and catalytic transformations of fatty acid methyl esters

AS Belousov, AL Esipovich, EA Kanakov… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Green chemistry provides a broad range of possibilities for researchers to design products
and processes that minimise or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances …

Biodiesel production using chemical and biological methods–A review of process, catalyst, acyl acceptor, source and process variables

B Bharathiraja, M Chakravarthy, RR Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The indiscriminate extraction and consumption of fossil fuels have left the world with a
corner kick into the area of exponential fuel demand and now the race is on for alternate …