Biodiesel production from microalgae using lipase-based catalysts: current challenges and prospects

GF Mota, IG de Sousa, ALB de Oliveira… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The excessive demand for fossil fuels has caused severe environmental impacts, such as
GHG-related effects and widespread pollution. Firstly, it is essential to identify the main …

An overview of potential oleaginous microorganisms and their role in biodiesel and omega-3 fatty acid-based industries

A Patel, D Karageorgou, E Rova, P Katapodis, U Rova… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms are known to be natural oil producers in their cellular compartments.
Microorganisms that accumulate more than 20% w/w of lipids on a cell dry weight basis are …

Process optimization of ultrasonic-assisted biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using waste chicken eggshell-derived CaO as a green heterogeneous catalyst

A Attari, A Abbaszadeh-Mayvan… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, waste chicken eggshell-derived CaO particles were synthesized as
heterogeneous catalyst, and their structural and morphological properties were evaluated …

State of the art review on development of ultrasound-assisted catalytic transesterification process for biodiesel production

SX Tan, S Lim, HC Ong, YL Pang - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Excessive utilization of petroleum diesel has led to severe environmental pollution.
Biodiesel, which is greener and renewable, can be a potential alternative fuel. Biodiesel is …

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 …

A review on recent advancement in catalytic materials for biodiesel production

MR Avhad, JM Marchetti - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Biodiesel, which could be derived from plant oils and animal fats, is considered as a
promising substitute for petroleum diesel fuel because of its advantages, such as …

Current state and perspectives on transesterification of triglycerides for biodiesel production

M Salaheldeen, AA Mariod, MK Aroua, SMA Rahman… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Triglycerides are the main constituents of lipids, which are the fatty acids of glycerol. Natural
organic triglycerides (viz. virgin vegetable oils, recycled cooking oils, and animal fats) are …

Advances in nano-catalysts based biodiesel production from non-food feedstocks

J Gardy, M Rehan, A Hassanpour, X Lai… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper aims to examine the influence of various catalysts on biodiesel production,
especially from non-food feedstocks with an ambition to optimize the catalytic biodiesel …

Simultaneous absorption of SO2 and NO from flue gas using ultrasound/Fe2+/heat coactivated persulfate system

Y Liu, Z Liu, Y Wang, Y Yin, J Pan, J Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel process on simultaneous absorption of SO 2 and NO from flue gas using ultrasound
(US)/Fe 2+/heat coactivated persulfate system was proposed. The influencing factors, active …

On the exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental evaluation and optimization of biodiesel synthesis from waste cooking oil (WCO) using a low power, high frequency …

M Aghbashlo, M Tabatabaei, S Hosseinpour - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental approaches were applied to
evaluate and optimize the performance of a low-energy consumption, high frequency …