Review of biodiesel composition, properties, and specifications

SK Hoekman, A Broch, C Robbins, E Ceniceros… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a renewable transportation fuel consisting of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME),
generally produced by transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats. In this review, the …

Inorganic heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production from vegetable oils

AK Endalew, Y Kiros, R Zanzi - Biomass and bioenergy, 2011 - Elsevier
Biofuels are renewable solutions to replace the ever dwindling energy reserves and
environmentally pollutant fossil liquid fuels when they are produced from low cost …

Microwave energy potential for biodiesel production

VG Gude, P Patil, E Martinez-Guerra, S Deng… - Sustainable Chemical …, 2013 - Springer
Microwave energy based chemical synthesis has several merits and is important from both
scientific and engineering standpoints. Microwaves have been applied in numerous …

Catalytic performance of MgO/Fe2O3-SiO2 core-shell magnetic nanocatalyst for biodiesel production of Camelina sativa seed oil: Optimization by RSM-CCD method

T Rahimi, D Kahrizi, M Feyzi, HR Ahmadvandi… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many investigations have introduced MgO as a favorable solid base catalyst. Although
magnesium oxide catalyst does not have as strong of basic sites as calcium oxide catalyst, it …

Synthesis and application of barium tin oxide-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite as a highly stable heterogeneous catalyst for the biodiesel production

M Safaripour, M Saidi, HR Nodeh - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential decline in crude oil reserves and rising awareness of the detrimental
environmental impacts of consuming fossil fuels promoted the creation of alternative …

Synthesis and characterization of carbon-based MgO catalysts for biodiesel production from castor oil

L Du, Z Li, S Ding, C Chen, S Qu, W Yi, J Lu, J Ding - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this work was to develop a highly efficient and stable solid base
catalyst for the preparation of biodiesel to meet the needs for green and clean production. To …

Optimization and kinetics of biodiesel production of Ricinus communis oil and used cottonseed cooking oil employing synchronised 'ultrasound+ microwave'and …

P Kodgire, A Sharma, SS Kachhwaha - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Current novel work investigates synchronized ultrasound and microwave (MW+ US)
applications with an appropriation of Ricinus communis oil (RCO) and used cottonseed …

A clean approach of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil by using single phase BaSnO3 as solid base catalyst: Mechanism, kinetics & E-study

T Roy, S Sahani, D Madhu, YC Sharma - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The current policies of govt. of India on biodiesel production and commercialization have
encouraged to explore this area widely. In this study barium stannate perovskite was …

Immobilized lipase on magnetic chitosan microspheres for transesterification of soybean oil

W Xie, J Wang - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiesel fuel, produced by transesterification of vegetable oils or animal fats with methanol,
is a promising alternative diesel fuel due to the limited resources of fossil fuels and the …

Enzymatic transesterification of soybean oil by using immobilized lipase on magnetic nano-particles

W Xie, N Ma - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2010 - Elsevier
Lipase was covalently immobilized onto magnetic Fe3O4 nano-particles by using 1-ethyl-3-
(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDAC) as an activating agent, and the bound lipase …