Current developments in esterification reaction: A review on process and parameters

Z Khan, F Javed, Z Shamair, A Hafeez, T Fazal… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Esters are among the highest volume of industrial organic compounds produced. They are
frequently employed in various domestic and industrial processes. Fischer esterification …

Activity of solid acid catalysts for biodiesel production: a critical review

YM Sani, WMAW Daud, ARA Aziz - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2014 - Elsevier
Homogeneous acid catalysts received wide acceptability because of their fast reaction rates.
However, postproduction costs incurred from aqueous quenching, wastewater and loss of …

Optimization of biodiesel production process for mixed Jatropha curcas–Ceiba pentandra biodiesel using response surface methodology

S Dharma, HH Masjuki, HC Ong, AH Sebayang… - Energy conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Exploring and improvement of biodiesel production from non-edible vegetable oil is one of
the effective ways to solve limited amount of traditional raw materials and their high prices …

Functionalized organic–inorganic hybrid porous coordination polymer-based catalysts for biodiesel production via trans/esterification

H Zhang, L Chen, Y Li, Y Hu, H Li, CC Xu, S Yang - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering the increasing heavy energy demands and severe environmental issues,
researchers have been searching for an alternative renewable source of energy, aiming to …

A review on the utilization of calcium oxide as a base catalyst in biodiesel production

NA Zul, S Ganesan, TS Hamidon, WD Oh… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Researchers and stakeholders alike have widely agreed that the biggest obstacle in
producing biodiesel is the high cost of production. Due to this, much interest has been drawn …

Biodiesel production from algae by using heterogeneous catalysts: A critical review

A Galadima, O Muraza - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The numerous challenges associated with declining fossil fuel reserves as energy sources,
have accounted for a shift to biofuels as alternatives. However, transesterification of animal …

Heterogeneously chemo/enzyme-functionalized porous polymeric catalysts of high-performance for efficient biodiesel production

H Zhang, H Li, CC Xu, S Yang - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Efficient transformation of renewable biomass into chemicals and biofuels, including liquid
biomass-derived nonedible oils to biodiesel, is of great importance. Develo** …

Ultrasound assisted dispersion of different amount of Ni over ZSM-5 used as nanostructured catalyst for hydrogen production via CO2 reforming of methane

Y Vafaeian, M Haghighi, S Aghamohammadi - Energy conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide reforming of methane is an interesting route for synthesis gas production
especially over nanostructured catalysts. The present research deals with nanocatalyst …

Optimization of biodiesel production from Brucea javanica seeds oil as novel non-edible feedstock using response surface methodology

K Hasni, Z Ilham, S Dharma, M Varman - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Brucea javanica seed oil was exploited as a novel non-edible feedstock for the production of
biodiesel in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to optimize transesterification parameters for …

Central composite design approach towards optimization of flamboyant pods derived steam activated carbon for its use as heterogeneous catalyst in …

SH Dhawane, T Kumar, G Halder - Energy Conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
The present investigation emphasises the preparation of carbon based KOH impregnated
heterogeneous catalyst from flamboyant pods (Delonix regia) for the production of biodiesel …