Recent advances in biodiesel production: Challenges and solutions

GM Mathew, D Raina, V Narisetty, V Kumar… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mono alkyl fatty acid ester or methyl ethyl esters (biodiesel) are the promising alternative for
fossil fuel or petroleum derived diesel with similar properties and could reduce the carbon …

Biodiesel from microalgae: Recent progress and key challenges

JY Kim, JM Jung, S Jung, YK Park, YF Tsang… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
High lipid content and excellent CO 2 fixation capability of microalgae by photosynthesis
have made microalgal biodiesel (BD) a promising carbon-neutral fuel. Nonetheless, the …

Biodiesel production from microalgae using lipase-based catalysts: current challenges and prospects

GF Mota, IG de Sousa, ALB de Oliveira… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The excessive demand for fossil fuels has caused severe environmental impacts, such as
GHG-related effects and widespread pollution. Firstly, it is essential to identify the main …

Critical review on third generation micro algae biodiesel production and its feasibility as future bioenergy for IC engine applications

A Jacob, B Ashok, A Alagumalai, OH Chyuan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Third generation micro algae feedstock cultivation and fuel production have sustainable and
economic benefits due to their microscopic nature. Each process in the production of micro …

Latest development in microalgae-biofuel production with nano-additives

N Hossain, TMI Mahlia, R Saidur - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019 - Springer
Background Microalgae have been experimented as a potential feedstock for biofuel
generation in current era owing to its' rich energy content, inflated growth rate, inexpensive …

Algae biorefinery: Review on a broad spectrum of downstream processes and products

CG Khoo, YK Dasan, MK Lam, KT Lee - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Algae biomass comprises variety of biochemicals components such as carbohydrates, lipids
and protein, which make them a feasible feedstock for biofuel production. However, high …

Effect of emission from ethylic biodiesel of edible and non-edible vegetable oil, animal fats, waste oil and alcohol in CI engine

U Rajak, TN Verma - Energy Conversion and Management, 2018 - Elsevier
In previous years, unconventional fuel studies have been conducted by many researchers
through their experimental work and numerical simulation. Running down of fossil fuel …

Effect of spirulina microalgae biodiesel enriched with diesel fuel on performance and emission characteristics of CI engine

U Rajak, P Nashine, TN Verma - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
This research, the effects of the spirulina microalgae biodiesel (SMB) blends containing 20,
40, 60 and 80% in volume based were investigated in a naturally aspirated diesel engine at …

Water hyacinth as a biomass: A review

GK Gaurav, T Mehmood, L Cheng, JJ Klemeš… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Worldwide available, attractive, and invasive biomass as water hyacinth and its
characteristic has been discussed in this review. Water hyacinth biomass, as well as its …

Assessment of diesel engine performance using spirulina microalgae biodiesel

U Rajak, P Nashine, TN Verma - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work encompasses combustion, performance, and emission parameters of
experimental investigations of a single cylinder, four stroke, water cooled, direct injection …