Catalytic production and application of bio-renewable butyl butyrate as jet fuel blend-A review

N Kushwaha, D Banerjee, KA Ahmad, NP Shetti… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Butyl butyrate (BB) derived from bio-renewable resources is the most promising jet fuel
blend. This review highlights essential properties of jet fuel, including calorific value …

Alternate biobased route to produce δ-Decalactone: Elucidating the role of solvent and hydrogen evolution in catalytic transfer hydrogenation

MI Alam, TS Khan, MA Haider - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A widely used food and flavor compound, δ-decalactone (DDL), was produced from catalytic
transfer hydrogenation of 6-amyl-α-pyrone (6PP), which is a biomass-based platform …

Lignin conversion: a key to the concept of lignocellulosic biomass-based integrated biorefinery

E Ahmad, KK Pant - Waste biorefinery, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Lignin constitutes approximately 15–30 wt% of lignocellulosic biomass that
contributes to 40% of its total fuel value. Chemicals derived from lignin have found …

Acid functionalized ionic liquid catalyzed transformation of non-food biomass into platform chemical and fuel additive

MI Alam, S De, TS Khan, MA Haider, B Saha - Industrial Crops and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports the synthesis of sulfonic acid functionalized Brønsted acidic ionic liquids
(BAILs) using N, N-dimethyl acetamide [DMA]+, N-methylpyrrolidone [NMP]+ and 1-butyl-3 …

Insights into the metal salt catalyzed ethyl levulinate synthesis from biorenewable feedstocks

S Quereshi, E Ahmad, KK Pant, S Dutta - Catalysis Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Ethyl levulinate (EL) synthesis from biorenewable feedstocks in the presence of metal salts
and under non-microwave instant heating reaction environment has been studied. Initial …

An overview of fossil fuel and biomass-based integrated energy systems: co-firing, co-combustion, co-pyrolysis, co-liquefaction, and co-gasification

E Ahmad, A Vani, KK Pant - Fuel Processing and Energy …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Fossil fuels have remained the most exploited energy sources in the current century to cater
to the growing energy and chemical demands. The excessive exploitation of fossil fuels has …

Molecular Insights of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural in a Mixture of Ionic Liquids and Alkylated Phenolic Solvents

S Jha, P Sappidi - ChemPhysChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents all‐atom molecular dynamics to understand the separation behavior of
5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (5‐HMF) from 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate …

Recent advances in production of biofuel and commodity chemicals from algal biomass

S Quereshi, E Ahmad, KK Pant, S Dutta - Algal Biofuels: Recent Advances …, 2017 - Springer
Algal biomass is considered among promising sources of biorenewable feedstock which is
capable to meet growing energy and chemical demands. Agile growth rate and high oil yield …

Biological routes for the synthesis of platform chemicals from biomass feedstocks

MI Alam, MA Ali, S Gupta, M Ali Haider - Microbial Applications Vol. 2 …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Development of processes to produce fuels and chemical from biomass offers an
exciting opportunity to achieve a sustainable supply from renewable sources as compared …

Understanding the nature of amino acid interactions with Pd (111) or Pd–Au bimetallic catalysts in the aqueous phase

M Gupta, TS Khan, M Agarwal, MA Haider - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
The interaction of methionine (Met) with different bimetallic-segregated surfaces comprising
a uniform distribution of strips and islands of Au on the Pd (111) surface was examined …