Catalysis in biodiesel production—a review

B Thangaraj, PR Solomon, B Muniyandi… - Clean …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Catalysts play a significant role in transesterification of vegetable oils. Currently, chemical
and biological catalysts are being investigated, and both have their inherent merits and …

Trends in catalytic production of biodiesel from various feedstocks

G Baskar, R Aiswarya - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Biodiesel offers to be one of the renewable fuel that is in great demand due to hike in price
and exploitation of various conventional resources. Biodiesel has gained wide attention as it …

Calcium oxide as a promising heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production: Current state and perspectives

DM Marinković, MV Stanković, AV Veličković… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The present paper is an overview of the recent progress in the development of various CaO-
based catalysts suitable for biodiesel production. The mechanism, kinetics and optimization …

The effects of catalysts in biodiesel production: A review

IM Atadashi, MK Aroua, ARA Aziz… - Journal of industrial and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Biodiesel fuel has shown great promise as an alternative to petro-diesel fuel. Biodiesel
production is widely conducted through transesterification reaction, catalyzed by …

Mesoporous materials for clean energy technologies

N Linares, AM Silvestre-Albero, E Serrano… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Alternative energy technologies are greatly hindered by significant limitations in materials
science. From low activity to poor stability, and from mineral scarcity to high cost, the current …

Porous materials in catalysis: challenges for mesoporous materials

C Perego, R Millini - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of ordered mesoporous materials has opened great opportunities for new
applications in heterogeneous catalysis, thanks to their hitherto unprecedented intrinsic …

Opportunities and challenges for biodiesel fuel

L Lin, Z Cunshan, S Vittayapadung, S Xiangqian… - Applied energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Fossil fuel resources are decreasing daily. As a renewable energy, biodiesel has been
receiving increasing attention because of the relevance it gains from the rising petroleum …

Activity of solid catalysts for biodiesel production: a review

M Zabeti, WMAW Daud, MK Aroua - Fuel processing technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous catalysts are promising for the transesterification reaction of vegetable oils
to produce biodiesel. Unlike homogeneous, heterogeneous catalysts are environmentally …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous carbon-based catalyst modified by alkaline earth metal oxides for biodiesel production: Parametric and kinetic study

F Jamil, PSM Kumar, L Al-Haj, MTZ Myint… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reports the synthesis of dual-functional heterogeneous catalyst for valorizing the
plant-based oils to produce biodiesel as a cleaner fuel to conserve the environment and …

Technologies for production of biodiesel focusing on green catalytic techniques: a review

Z Helwani, MR Othman, N Aziz, WJN Fernando… - Fuel Processing …, 2009 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production is undergoing rapid technological reforms in industries and academia.
This has become more obvious and relevant since the recent increase in the petroleum …