A review of current technology for biodiesel production: State of the art

EF Aransiola, TV Ojumu, OO Oyekola… - Biomass and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article reviews various technologies that have been used for biodiesel production till
date, with a view to comparing commercial suitability of these methods on the basis of …

An overview on the recent advancements of sustainable heterogeneous catalysts and prominent continuous reactor for biodiesel production

J Gupta, M Agarwal, AK Dalai - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a renewable energy source. However, high production cost, low product
efficiency, and long reaction time have been the main technical challenges in biodiesel …

Recent insights into continuous-flow biodiesel production via catalytic and non-catalytic transesterification processes

DT Tran, JS Chang, DJ Lee - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has been receiving considerable attention as an alternative energy source over
the last decade. Conventionally, biodiesel is produced by transesterification of lipid and …

Supercritical synthesis of biodiesel

JM Bernal, P Lozano, E García-Verdugo, MI Burguete… - Molecules, 2012 - mdpi.com
The synthesis of biodiesel fuel from lipids (vegetable oils and animal fats) has gained in
importance as a possible source of renewable non-fossil energy in an attempt to reduce our …

Optimization of supercritical dimethyl carbonate method for biodiesel production

Z Ilham, S Saka - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiesel could be produced from triglycerides and dimethyl carbonate, instead of the
conventional methanol, in this non-catalytic supercritical dimethyl carbonate method. It was …

Working principle of typical bioreactors

P Jaibiba, SN Vignesh, S Hariharan - Bioreactors, 2020 - Elsevier
Bioprocess is a field that deals with living cells to obtain desired products and the
techniques involved in the manufacturing of these products. Bioreactors consist of a large …

Valorization of biodiesel derived glycerol to acetins by continuous esterification in acetic acid: focusing on high selectivity to diacetin and triacetin with no byproducts

H Rastegari, HS Ghaziaskar… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This work presents a continuous, easy-to-scale-up esterification system with 100%
conversion of glycerol in acetic acid with a high selectivity to DA and TA and no byproducts …

Optimization of catalyst-free production of biodiesel from Ceiba pentandra (kapok) oil with high free fatty acid contents

LK Ong, C Effendi, A Kurniawan, CX Lin, XS Zhao… - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Catalyst-free biodiesel production from non-edible Ceiba pentandra (kapok) oil via
supercritical methanol transesterification was demonstrated in this work. The supercritical …

Subcritical ethylic biodiesel production from wet animal fat and vegetable oils: A net energy ratio analysis

EA Sales, ML Ghirardi, O Jorquera - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Ethylic transesterification process for biodiesel production without any chemical or
biochemical catalysts at different subcritical thermodynamic conditions was performed using …

Biodiesel via supercritical ethanolysis within a global analysis “feedstocks-conversion-engine” for a sustainable fuel alternative

L Coniglio, JAP Coutinho, JY Clavier, F Jolibert… - Progress in Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The challenges in reducing the world's dependence on crude oil and the greenhouse gas
accumulation in the atmosphere, while simultaneously improving engine performance …