The conundrum of waste cooking oil: Transforming hazard into energy

WH Foo, WY Chia, DYY Tang, SSN Koay… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste cooking oil (WCO) is considered as one of the hazardous wastes because improper
disposal of WCO can cause significant environmental problems such as blockages of drains …

A review of the enzymatic hydroesterification process for biodiesel production

H Pourzolfaghar, F Abnisa, WMAW Daud… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Enzymatic hydroesterification has recently attracted research interest because of the high-
value products created during biodiesel production. The use of this process overcomes …

Biodiesel production from rice straw and restaurant waste employing black soldier fly assisted by microbes

L Zheng, Y Hou, W Li, S Yang, Q Li, Z Yu - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has become attractive as an alternative renewable fuel, but its large-scale
production has been restricted because of the high cost of feedstock. Therefore, alternative …

Performance, combustion and emission characteristics of biodiesel derived from waste cooking oils

H An, WM Yang, A Maghbouli, J Li, SK Chou, KJ Chua - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
An experimental study was conducted on a Euro IV diesel engine to evaluate the
performance, combustion and emission characteristics of pure biodiesel and its blend fuels …

Improving biodiesel yields from waste cooking oil by using sodium methoxide and a microwave heating system

KS Chen, YC Lin, KH Hsu, HK Wang - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The major obstacle to biodiesel commercialization is the high cost of biodiesel. Biodiesel
made from waste cooking oil is an economical source that can effectively reduce raw …

An experimental investigation into biodiesel stability by means of oxidation and property determination

M Shahabuddin, MA Kalam, HH Masjuki, MMK Bhuiya… - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents the experimental results carried out to evaluate the oxidation and
storage stabilities of various biodiesel fuels. The biodiesel fuels are palm methyl ester …

Recovery of diesel-like fuel from waste palm oil by pyrolysis using a microwave heated bed of activated carbon

SS Lam, WAW Mahari, CK Cheng, R Omar, CT Chong… - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Microwave pyrolysis using a well-mixed bed of activated carbon as both the microwave
absorber and reaction bed was investigated for its potential to recover useful products from …

Understanding the interaction among the barriers of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil in India-an interpretive structural modeling approach

A Avinash, P Sasikumar, A Murugesan - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Regardless of fragile biodiesel market of the present day, it is foreseen that biodiesel will
draw a lot of public interest throughout the world in the not too distant future. Among different …

Multivariate analysis of nano additives on biodiesel fuelled engine characteristics

A Murugesan, A Avinash, EJ Gunasekaran… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofuels are new type of fuels that use nano additives (nanoparticles) to improve the
engine performance, combustion and reduce exhaust emissions. In this perspective, this …

Effect of variability in waste cooking oil on rejuvenation of asphalt

S Jain, AK Chandrappa, UC Sahoo - Road Materials and Pavement …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
High reclaimed asphalt (RA) renders mixtures more prone to intermediate-and low-
temperature cracking failures. In this regard, waste cooking oil (WCO) is gaining attention as …