Emerging technologies for biodiesel production: processes, challenges, and opportunities

AA Babadi, S Rahmati, R Fakhlaei, B Barati… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fossil fuel shortages, rising petroleum prices, worldwide demand for renewable energy, and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to anthropogenic activities are increasing interest in …

Progress in utilisation of waste cooking oil for sustainable biodiesel and biojet fuel production

BHH Goh, CT Chong, Y Ge, HC Ong, JH Ng… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increase in human consumption of plant and animal oils has led to the rise in waste
cooking oil (WCO) production. Instead of disposing the used cooking oil as waste, recent …

Microwave-assisted conversion of biomass and waste materials to biofuels

ZMA Bundhoo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic and waste materials represent a considerable potential for biofuel
production. Currently, they are not fully utilised due to low biofuel yields from biological …

Biodiesel synthesis using natural solid catalyst derived from biomass waste—A review

SY Chua, CMH Goh, YH Tan, NM Mubarak… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiesel serves as an ideal candidate for alternative fuel as it is made from renewable
source with lower pollutant emission. However, current biodiesel production has several …

An overview of a novel concept in biomass pyrolysis: microwave irradiation

X Zhang, K Rajagopalan, H Lei, R Ruan… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing demand for renewable fuels and chemicals necessitates the exploration of
alternative sources to replace petroleum sources. Biomass has been viewed as the most …

A review on microwave-assisted transesterification processes using various catalytic and non-catalytic systems

SN Nayak, CP Bhasin, MG Nayak - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodiesel refers to be the future of fuel due to its distinctive properties, such as
biodegradability, renewability, non-toxicity, and the net reduction in sulfur and carbon …

Fe3O4-PDA-Lipase as Surface Functionalized Nano Biocatalyst for the Production of Biodiesel Using Waste Cooking Oil as Feedstock: Characterization and …

T Touqeer, MW Mumtaz, H Mukhtar, A Irfan, S Akram… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Synthesis of surface modified/multi-functional nanoparticles has become a vital research
area of material science. In the present work, iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles prepared by …

Optimization of biodiesel production from soybean oil in a microreactor

M Rahimi, B Aghel, M Alitabar, A Sepahvand… - Energy Conversion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Transesterification of soybean oil with methanol in the presence of potassium hydroxide, as
a catalyst, in a microreactor has been investigated. The transesterification reaction was …

[PDF][PDF] Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil

MA Raqeeb, R Bhargavi - Journal of chemical and pharmaceutical …, 2015 - academia.edu
Due to the awareness of adverse effects of conventional fuels to environment and the
frequent rise in crude oil's price, the need for sustainable and environment friendly alternate …

Advances in solid-catalytic and non-catalytic technologies for biodiesel production

A Islam, YH Taufiq-Yap, ES Chan… - Energy conversion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The insecure supply of fossil fuel coerces the scientific society to keep a vision to boost
investments in the renewable energy sector. Among the many renewable fuels currently …