Heterogeneous catalysis has provided a viable alternative to homogeneous catalysis for the
production of low-cost biodiesel fuel, overcoming the constraints of homogeneous catalysis …

Biodiesel has the potential to significantly contribute to making transportation fuels more
sustainable. Due to the complexity and nonlinearity of processes for biodiesel production …

Biorefining of second-generation feedstock gains more attention to improve the living
standards and promote circular bioeconomy. The biorefinery concept made an effort to make …

An ever-increasing energy demand and environmental problems associated with
exhaustible fossil fuels have led to the search for an alternative renewable source of energy …

Efficient transformation of biomass to value-added chemicals and high-energy density fuels
is pivotal for a more sustainable economy and carbon-neutral society. In this framework …

Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most promising biomass-derived platform chemicals owing
to its wider convertibility to a large number of commodity chemicals. Numerous LA …

Bisphenol A is an oil-derived, large market volume chemical with a wide spectrum of
applications in plastics, adhesives and thermal papers. However, bisphenol A is not …

Versatile bio-derived catalysts have been under dynamic investigation as potential
substitutes to conventional chemical catalysts for sustainable biodiesel production. This is …

Treatments for and methods of disposing of municipal sewage sludge have a limited ability
to produce high-value products. The number of studies on using sludge for energy recovery …

For the purpose of fabricating an efficient solid acid catalyst for biodiesel production from low-
grade acidic oils, bimetallic silica mesoporous composites with different Zr/Al molar ratios …