Conversion of biomass to biofuels and life cycle assessment: a review

AI Osman, N Mehta, AM Elgarahy, A Al-Hinai… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The global energy demand is projected to rise by almost 28% by 2040 compared to current
levels. Biomass is a promising energy source for producing either solid or liquid fuels …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiesel production from mixed oils: A sustainable approach towards industrial biofuel production

S Brahma, B Nath, B Basumatary, B Das… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is considered eco-friendly, biodegradable, non-toxic, and carbon-neutral fuel. It is
made from edible or non-edible oil feedstocks including other triglyceride sources. The …

Environmental life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: A systematic review

H Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, AS Nizami… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste cooking oil (WCO) disposal in landfills or discharge into sewer systems could cause
severe environmental challenges. Therefore, extensive efforts are made to develop …

Environmental impacts of food waste management technologies: A critical review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies

F Batool, TA Kurniawan, A Mohyuddin… - Trends in Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Food waste is a serious global problem. Therefore, it is essential to reduce food waste and
adopt recycling strategies to minimize its environmental impacts. However, conventional …

Progress in utilisation of waste cooking oil for sustainable biodiesel and biojet fuel production

BHH Goh, CT Chong, Y Ge, HC Ong, JH Ng… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increase in human consumption of plant and animal oils has led to the rise in waste
cooking oil (WCO) production. Instead of disposing the used cooking oil as waste, recent …

A critical review on the economic aspects and life cycle assessment of biodiesel production using heterogeneous nanocatalysts

H Esmaeili - Fuel Processing Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global prices, increasing energy demand, and increasing greenhouse gas have led
to the use of biodiesel fuel. Biodiesel fuel is a suitable alternative to diesel in diesel engines …

Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, A Alengebawy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to …

Potential of fat, oil and grease (FOG) for biodiesel production: A critical review on the recent progress and future perspectives

AEF Abomohra, M Elsayed, S Esakkimuthu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater discharges from restaurants, kitchens, food processing plants and
slaughterhouses contain high proportion of fat, oil, and grease (FOG). Critical overview on …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability of food waste biorefinery: A review on valorisation pathways, techno-economic constraints, and environmental assessment

C Caldeira, A Vlysidis, G Fiore, V De Laurentiis… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
The need to increase circularity of industrial systems to address limited resources availability
and climate change has triggered the development of the food waste biorefinery concept …

Production of renewable biodiesel using metal organic frameworks based materials as efficient heterogeneous catalysts

SF Basumatary, K Patir, B Das, P Saikia… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has emerged as a versatile alternative to fossil-derived fuels which is a renewable
and eco-friendly. The reactions via which biodiesel is synthesized from oil feedstocks are …