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 …

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 …

Recently, much research has been carried out to find a suitable catalyst for the
transesterification process during biodiesel production where heterogeneous catalysts play …

The growing concern over the dependency on fossil fuel has prompted the cost of energy
supply to the high extent. Widespread application of fossil fuel in transportation and …

This research paper deals with the synthesis of efficient and low cost heterogeneous catalyst
from waste egg shells by wet impregnation method. A series of Zn doped CaO (0.5–2 wt …

Research on agricultural wastes management, as a natural resource material, is state of the
art and desirable subject in many engineering subcategories. The benefits include ease of …

The present paper is an overview of the recent progress in the development of various CaO-
based catalysts suitable for biodiesel production. The mechanism, kinetics and optimization …

The low cost and efficient CaO catalysts have been successfully prepared from chicken
manure by a simple calcination, in this present work. Chicken manure contains significant …

Steep hikes of petroleum prices and rising demand of petroleum products compels the
scientific society to think for the renewable alternative fuels like biodiesel. Biodiesel …

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