Emerging technologies for biodiesel production: processes, challenges, and opportunities

AA Babadi, S Rahmati, R Fakhlaei, B Barati… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fossil fuel shortages, rising petroleum prices, worldwide demand for renewable energy, and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to anthropogenic activities are increasing interest in …

Recent development of advanced processing technologies for biodiesel production: A critical review

MA Bashir, S Wu, J Zhu, A Krosuri, MU Khan… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
To move away from fossil fuels, biodiesel provides a sustainable alternative to addressing
the socioeconomic and sustainable fuel problems. For biodiesel to be competitive …

Optimization of the esterification of oleic acid and ethanol in a fixed bed membrane reactor by response surface method

W Jiang, J Zhu, Z Yuan, J Lu, J Ding - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the kinetics of the esterification reaction of oleic acid (OA) and ethanol
enhanced by dehydration using a fixed bed coupled pervaporation (PV) technology was …

Fuel production using membrane reactors: a review

S Hafeez, SM Al-Salem, G Manos… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2020 - Springer
Population growth has led to higher consumption of fossil fuel, and subsequently to a major
increase of greenhouse gases emissions to the atmosphere, thus inducing global warming …

A review of conventional and renewable biodiesel production

P Vignesh, ARP Kumar, NS Ganesh… - Chinese journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The need for sustainable fuels has resulted in the production of renewables from a wide
range of sources, in particular organic fats and oils. The use of biofuel is becoming more …

Cleaner biofuel production via process parametric optimization of nonedible feedstock in a membrane reactor using a titania-based heterogeneous nanocatalyst: an …

M Ameen, M Zafar, M Ahmad, M Munir, I Abid… - membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Membrane technology has been embraced as a feasible and suitable substitute for
conventional time-and energy-intensive biodiesel synthesis processes. It is ecofriendly …

Synthesis of biodiesel from waste palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) via Taguchi optimisation method

AO Esan, OA Olalere, CY Gan, SM Smith… - Biomass and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The sustainability of the biodiesel production process is a controversial issue in terms of the
production cost and promotion of a clean and safe energy process without adverse effects …

Optimization of a novel liquid phase capillary discharge plasma reactor for continuous methyl ester synthesis

M Asghari, BH Samani, R Ebrahimi, S Rostami… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional transesterification processes not only require large amounts of methanol and
catalysts but are also time-consuming and operate at high temperatures. Advanced methods …

Strategies for Biodiesel Production with the Role of Reactors Technologies: A Comprehensive Review

HK Ismaeel, TM Albayati, HA Dhahad… - … and Processing-Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is no sustainability to fossil fuels. Consequently, energy from renewable sources must
meet both present-day and future demand. Fossil fuel consumption has consistently …

CFD simulation on hydrogen-membrane reactor integrating cyclohexane dehydrogenation and CO2 methanation reactions: A conceptual study

Z Bian, H Xia, W Zhong, B Jiang, Y Yu, Z Wang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel hydrogen-membrane reactor coupling cyclohexane (CLH)
dehydrogenation and CO 2 methanation was proposed. A 2D model was built up and the …