Due to the dwindling crude oil resources and the detrimental environmental effects of toxic
emissions from conventional diesel, biodiesel has gained importance over the last few years …

Because of biodegradability and nontoxicity biodiesel has become more attractive as
alternative fuel. Biodiesel is produced mainly from vegetable oils by transesterification of …

An attractive alternative to the use of fossil fuels is biodiesel, which can be obtained from a
variety of feedstock through different transesterification systems such as ultrasound …

Recent years have seen rapid growth in utilizing vegetable oils to derive a wide variety of
polymers to replace petroleum-based polymers for minimizing environmental impact …

At present, the homogeneous base-catalyzed methanolysis reaction of vegetable oils is a
most often used process for the industrial biodiesel production. The toxicity of methanol, the …

A kinetic model for the NaOH-catalyzed ethanolysis of sunflower oil has been formulated. In
accordance with the experimental observations the reaction mixture is considered as a …

The chicken eggshell was investigated to synthesis a highly efficient heterogeneous base
catalyst to produce chicken oil biodiesel. The micro eggshell catalyst and nano-eggshell …

A preliminary assessment of castor plant adaptability at Northern Portugal was performed,
together with the evaluation of the extracted raw oil, without any refinement, for biodiesel …

The cockle shell, which is available in abundance, has no any eminent use and is commonly
regarded as a waste, was utilized as a source of calcium oxide in catalyzing a …

In this paper, parameters affecting castor oil transesterification reaction were investigated.
Applying four basic catalysts including NaOCH3, NaOH, KOCH3 and KOH the best one with …