The rising world population and its corresponding energy demands pose a considerable
burden on natural energy sources. The exploitation of fossil fuels at such an alarming rate …

Biodiesel is a green and renewable energy, which is supposed to be a promising substitute
to fossil diesel. Normally, biodiesel is produced via transesterification/esterification with …

Concern over the economics of accessing fossil fuel reserves, and widespread acceptance
of the anthropogenic origin of rising CO2 emissions and associated climate change from …

The present study aimed to optimize the process on the yield percentage of biodiesel from
Argemone mexicana oil using calcium oxide as catalyst derived from chicken eggshells. The …

In recent years, biodiesel has attracted increasing interest as a substitute for fossil fuels.
However, the cost of producing biodiesel is far greater than that of fossil fuels. As a means of …

Heterogeneous catalysis is widely applied in industry due to important advantages it offers
to chemical processes such as improved selectivity and easy catalyst separation from …

Chemically modifying vegetable oils to produce an alternative to petroleum-based materials
is one of the most important emerging industrial research areas today because of the …

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 …

The production and use of biodiesel has seen a quantum jump in the recent past due to
benefits associated with its ability to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG). There are large …

This study addresses the exceptional catalytic efficacy of K 2 CO 3/γ-Al 2 O 3 as a
heterogeneous nano-catalyst for room-temperature biodiesel production from waste cooking …