Renewable polyurethanes from sustainable biological precursors

TA Phung Hai, M Tessman, N Neelakantan… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Due to the depletion of fossil fuels, higher oil prices, and greenhouse gas emissions, the
scientific community has been conducting an ongoing search for viable renewable …

Recent advances in biodiesel production using functional carbon materials as acid/base catalysts

H Pan, Q Xia, Y Wang, Z Shen, H Huang, Z Ge… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is regarded as an excellent substitute or additive to fossil diesel. Carbon materials
are favorable platform to synthesize acid and/or base catalysts for transformation of …

Highly active and stable magnetically recyclable CuFe2O4 as a heterogenous catalyst for efficient conversion of waste frying oil to biodiesel

RM Ali, MR Elkatory, HA Hamad - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
For the first time, this work investigates the performance of cuprospinel CuFe 2 O 4
nanoparticles as a heterogeneous catalyst for effective and sustainable biodiesel production …

Biodiesel production from transesterified waste cooking oil by zinc-modified anthill catalyst: Parametric optimization and biodiesel properties improvement

AS Yusuff, AO Gbadamosi, LT Popoola - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel, an unconventional fuel to substitute the existing fossil diesel, is non-toxic,
biodegradable, possesses high lubricity and better combustion capacity. In this paper, a new …

Synthesis and characterization of coal fly ash supported zinc oxide catalyst for biodiesel production using used cooking oil as feed

AS Yusuff, AK Bhonsle, J Trivedi, DP Bangwal… - Renewable energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Coal fly ash-zinc oxide composite (CFA/ZnO) was developed, characterized and applied as
a catalyst in the transesterification of used cooking oil (UCO) with methanol to obtain …

Chemicals production from glycerol through heterogeneous catalysis: a review

P Koranian, Q Huang, AK Dalai, R Sammynaiken - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Utilization of biofuels generated from renewable sources has attracted broad attention due
to their benefits such as reducing consumption of fossil fuels, sustainability, and …

Heterogeneous ZnO-containing catalysts for efficient biodiesel production

A Wang, W Quan, H Zhang, H Li, S Yang - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodiesel is one of the main biofuels used to replace fossil resources, and is mainly
produced from esterification and transesterification of fatty acids and oils catalyzed by acids …

Biodiesel production from soybean oil catalyzed by magnetic nanoparticle MgFe2O4@ CaO

Y Liu, P Zhang, M Fan, P Jiang - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnetic nanoparticle (MgFe 2 O 4@ CaO) catalyst coated by CaO was
successfully synthesized by using the alkali precipitation with the presence of sodium …

Advanced metal oxide (supported) catalysts: Synthesis and applications

DW Lee, BR Yoo - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
A variety of metal oxides catalysts are used in heterogeneous catalysis for chemical
processes and have now been developed for their catalytic performance and durability. The …

ZnO supported on zeolite pellets as efficient catalytic system for the removal of caffeine by adsorption and photocatalysis

O Sacco, V Vaiano, M Matarangolo - Separation and Purification …, 2018 - Elsevier
The combination of adsorption and photocatalytic processes (adsorption/photocatalysis)
was studied in the removal of the psychoactive substance caffeine from aqueous solutions at …