Energy applications of ionic liquids: recent developments and future prospects

T Zhou, C Gui, L Sun, Y Hu, H Lyu, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) consisting entirely of ions exhibit many fascinating and tunable properties,
making them promising functional materials for a large number of energy-related …

Reactor technologies for biodiesel production and processing: A review

M Tabatabaei, M Aghbashlo, M Dehhaghi… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diesel engines are preferred over spark ignition counterparts for heavy-duty applications
and power generation plants because of their higher efficiency, durability, and productivity …

Widely used catalysts in biodiesel production: a review

B Changmai, C Vanlalveni, AP Ingle, R Bhagat… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An ever-increasing energy demand and environmental problems associated with
exhaustible fossil fuels have led to the search for an alternative renewable source of energy …

A review of the feedstocks, catalysts, and intensification techniques for sustainable biodiesel production

M Athar, S Zaidi - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Opportunities for improving biodiesel production via lipase catalysis

FTT Cavalcante, FS Neto, IR de Aguiar Falcão… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The rising global demand for sustainable energy resources is resulting in an accelerated
increase in biodiesel consumption. In this sense, studies aimed at tackling process hurdles …

The advances and limitations in biodiesel production: feedstocks, oil extraction methods, production, and environmental life cycle assessment

K Pikula, A Zakharenko, A Stratidakis… - … Chemistry Letters and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Although fossil fuels remain the main source of energy, the volume of renewable sources of
energy is constantly increasing. Biodiesel is a promising alternative fuel due to the number …

Ionic liquids as a potential solvent for lipase-catalysed reactions: A review

AA Elgharbawy, FA Riyadi, MZ Alam… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs)-as environmentally friendly “green” solvents-have been progressively
used in various reactions as reagents, solvents and co-solvents including lipase-catalysed …

A comprehensive review on nanocatalysts and nanobiocatalysts for biodiesel production in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil and USA

HI Mahdi, NN Ramlee, JL da Silva Duarte, YS Cheng… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is an alternative to fossil-derived diesel with similar properties and several
environmental benefits. Biodiesel production using conventional catalysts such as …

Ionic liquids for regulating biocatalytic process: Achievements and perspectives

P Xu, S Liang, MH Zong, WY Lou - Biotechnology advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Biocatalysis has found enormous applications in sorts of fields as an alternative to chemical
catalysis. In the pursue of green and sustainable chemistry, ionic liquids (ILs) have been …

How the biodiesel from immobilized enzymes production is going on: An advanced bibliometric evaluation of global research

L da Silva Dutra, MCC Pinto, EP Cipolatti… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The production of biodiesel through enzymatic routes has attracted significant attention,
mainly because this can be regarded as a “green route” for the manufacture of fuels. In this …