Biofuels, biodiesel and biohydrogen production using bioprocesses. A review

RK Srivastava, NP Shetti, KR Reddy… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Energy demands, pollution and global warming induced by globalization are rising, thus
calling for alternative sources of energies. In particular, biofuels are increasingly used for …

A review of microbial laccase production and activity toward different biotechnological applications

M Mahuri, M Paul, H Thatoi - Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing, 2023 - Springer
Laccases are versatile enzymes that belong to the multi-copper oxidase family. This enzyme
has several biotechnological applications because of its ablilty to oxidize a wide range of …

Optimizing biodiesel production from abundant waste oils through empirical method and grey wolf optimizer

OD Samuel, MO Okwu, OJ Oyejide, E Taghinezhad… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The failure of classical techniques and algorithms have triggered researchers to search for
stochastic tools capably of exploring the search space with constant convergence speed …

Effect of spirulina microalgae biodiesel enriched with diesel fuel on performance and emission characteristics of CI engine

U Rajak, P Nashine, TN Verma - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
This research, the effects of the spirulina microalgae biodiesel (SMB) blends containing 20,
40, 60 and 80% in volume based were investigated in a naturally aspirated diesel engine at …

Optimization of performance and emission parameters of direct injection diesel engine fuelled with microalgae Spirulina (L.)–Response surface methodology and full …

TS Singh, U Rajak, OD Samuel, PK Chaurasiya… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The closeness of the characteristics of biodiesel with that of diesel during combustion can be
achieved through variations in compression ratios of the engine coupled with different …

Investigation on the structural effects of the addition of alcohols having various chain lengths into the vegetable oil-biodiesel-diesel fuel blends: An attempt for …

MK Yesilyurt, M Aydin, Z Yilbasi, M Arslan - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The scarcity of petroleum-based fuels and the augmentation of pollution levels have been
the major parameters in the charge of the investigation of new and promising alternative fuel …

Life cycle assessment of waste cooking oil for biodiesel production using waste chicken eggshell derived CaO as catalyst via transesterification

ZL Chung, YH Tan, Y San Chan, J Kansedo… - Biocatalysis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
There are plentiful experimental studies on biomass as heterogeneous catalyst and its
reasonable cost, it can be a potential catalyst feedstock for biodiesel production. This study …

Performance, combustion and emission analysis of microalgae Spirulina in a common rail direct injection diesel engine

U Rajak, P Nashine, TN Verma, A Pugazhendhi - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present work, a numerical investigation has been performed on the engine
characteristics of a compression ignition (CI) engine using D100 (diesel) and AB100 (Algae …

Performance and emission analysis of a diesel engine using hydrogen enriched n-butanol, diethyl ester and Spirulina microalgae biodiesel

U Rajak, P Nashine, TN Verma, A Pugazhendhi - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Comparative assessment of hydrogen added diesel, Spirulina microalgae, n-butanol and
diethyl ester fuels was done to evaluate the effects of the fuel blends on the performance …

Experimental and empirical investigation of a CI engine fuelled with blends of diesel and roselle biodiesel

TN Verma, U Rajak, A Dasore, A Afzal, AM Manokar… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The continuous rise in demand, combined with the depletion of the world's fossil fuel
reserves, has forced the search for alternative fuels. The biodiesel produced from Roselle is …