Heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable biodiesel production via esterification and transesterification

AF Lee, JA Bennett, JC Manayil, K Wilson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Catalytic routes for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to aviation fuel range hydrocarbons

H Wang, B Yang, Q Zhang, W Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to aviation fuel is identified as a key
strategy to alleviate high operating costs and serious environmental pollution caused by …

Carbon-increasing catalytic strategies for upgrading biomass into energy-intensive fuels and chemicals

H Li, A Riisager, S Saravanamurugan, A Pandey… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic carbon source and has received a
great deal of interest as renewable and sustainable feedstock for the production of potential …

Catalytic applications of waste derived materials

JA Bennett, K Wilson, AF Lee - Journal of materials chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainability has become a watchword and guiding principle for modern society, and with it
a growing appreciation that anthropogenic 'waste', in all its manifold forms, can offer a …

A review on reaction mechanisms of metal-catalyzed deoxygenation process in bio-oil model compounds

ANK Lup, F Abnisa, WMAW Daud, MK Aroua - Applied Catalysis A …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bio-oil is a potential liquid fuel source which can be produced through the pyrolysis of
biomass. Catalytic deoxygenation is an instrumental step for the defunctionalization of bio …

Transformation of levulinic acid to valeric biofuels: A review on heterogeneous bifunctional catalytic systems

Z Yu, X Lu, J Xiong, N Ji - ChemSusChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Valerate esters (VAEs) commonly derived from levulinic acid (LA), which is deemed as one
of the most promising biomass platform molecules, have been hailed as “valeric biofuels” in …

A review on advances in sustainable energy production through various catalytic processes by using catalysts derived from waste red mud

B Das, K Mohanty - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Conversion of wastes to energy and other value-added products is considered as a suitable
method towards energy security. Wastes from various sources are becoming potential …

Catalytic advancements in carboxylic acid ketonization and its perspectives on biomass valorisation

B Boekaerts, BF Sels - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021 - Elsevier
Ketonization of (biomass) carboxylic acids is increasingly showing its potential as upgrading
strategy to renewable fuels and chemicals. Due to the growing amount of recent studies, an …

Recent advances in the value addition of biomass‐derived levulinic acid: A review focusing on its chemical reactivity patterns

S Dutta, NS Bhat - ChemCatChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most prominent biomass‐derived chemical building blocks
that can be transformed into specialty chemicals like fuels, solvents, monomers for polymers …

Reductive smelting of neutralized red mud for iron recovery and produced pig iron for heat-resistant castings

D Valeev, D Zinoveev, A Kondratiev, D Lubyanoi… - Metals, 2019 - mdpi.com
The chemical and mineral composition of the red mud from the Ural Aluminum Plant were
studied by XRF, XRD, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Experiments on reductive smelting of …