Trends in renewable energy production employing biomass-based biochar

SK Bhatia, AK Palai, A Kumar, RK Bhatia, AK Patel… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tremendous population growth and industrialization have increased energy consumption
unprecedentedly. The depletion of fossil-based energy supplies necessitates the exploration …

Current progress and perspective of heterogeneous nanocatalytic transesterification towards biodiesel production from edible and inedible feedstock: A review

N Ghosh, G Halder - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Ever-increasing pollution, high surge in energy demand and depletion of fossil fuel reserves
has triggered the issue of non-uniform supply and demand of conventional fuels. This issue …

Development of new magnetic adsorbent of walnut shell ash/starch/Fe3O4 for effective copper ions removal: treatment of groundwater samples

R Foroutan, SJ Peighambardoust, R Mohammadi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of this investigation was to develop a new magnetic nanocomposite of walnut shell
ash (WSA)/starch/Fe 3 O 4 to remove Cu (II) present in groundwater samples. The desired …

Transesterification of waste cooking oil to biodiesel by walnut shell/sawdust as a novel, low-cost and green heterogeneous catalyst: Optimization via RSM and ANN

B Maleki, B Singh, H Eamaeili, YK Venkatesh… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Walnut shell/sawdust catalyst was synthesized through a pyrolysis process using
agricultural wastes and then utilized as a novel and cheap catalyst to generate biodiesel …

Preparation of clinoptilolite/starch/CoFe2O4 magnetic nanocomposite powder and its elimination properties for cationic dyes from water and wastewater

R Foroutan, SJ Peighambardoust, S Hemmati… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
A new magnetic nanocomposite clinoptilolite (CLT)/Starch/CoFe 2 O 4 was synthesized
using co-precipitation method. The prepared magnetic composite powder was utilized for …

Highly active and recyclable CuO/ZnO as photocatalyst for transesterification of waste cooking oil to biodiesel and the kinetics

M Guo, W Jiang, J Ding, J Lu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Since people have a strong interest in the potential replacement of fossil fuels by renewable
energy biodiesel, this study uses low-cost waste cooking oil as raw materials and CuO/ZnO …

Food waste pyrolysis by traditional heating and microwave heating: A review

H Li, J Xu, SM Nyambura, J Wang, C Li, X Zhu, X Feng… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Food waste has extensive sources and can be produced in every stage of the supply chain.
Traditional landfills and incineration of food waste are deteriorating our environment. As a …

Enhanced conversion of dairy waste oil to biodiesel via novel and highly reactive UiO-66-NH2/ZnO/TiO2 nano-catalyst: Optimization, kinetic, thermodynamic and …

B Maleki, H Esmaeili, M Mansouri, D Kumar, B Singh - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This study focuses on developing a novel UiO-66-NH 2/ZnO/TiO 2 nano-catalyst for efficient
biodiesel generation from dairy waste scum oil (DWSO). UiO-66-NH 2, UiO-66-NH 2/TiO 2 …

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 …

Advances in production & activation of marine macroalgae-derived biochar catalyst for sustainable biodiesel production

MZ Yameen, H AlMohamadi, SR Naqvi, T Noor… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is considered as a promising sustainable biofuel from renewable resources with
lower pollutant emissions. However, high production cost, difficulty in recovering catalyst …