Immobilized lipases for biodiesel production: Current and future greening opportunities

E Quayson, J Amoah, S Hama, A Kondo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
As green catalysts, lipases' productivity, and wide substrate selectivity are preferable over
chemical catalysts in biodiesel production. Lipases require milder reaction conditions and …

An overview on the production of biodiesel enabled by continuous flow methodologies

C Carlucci - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biodiesel was produced via transesterification reaction catalyzed by acids, bases, enzymes
or supercritical fluids. The catalysis was homogeneous or heterogeneous and the process …

Microwave-assisted valorization of glycerol to solketal using biomass-derived heterogeneous catalyst

S Ao, LA Alghamdi, T Kress, M Selvaraj, G Halder… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in biodiesel production worldwide makes valorisation of the by-product of this
process (glycerol) essential for economic sustainability. Hence, conversion of bioglycerol to …

Microwave-assisted biodiesel production using bio-waste catalyst and process optimization using response surface methodology and kinetic study

R Devasan, JVL Ruatpuia, SP Gouda, P Kodgire… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Providing sufficient energy supply and reducing the effects of global warming are serious
challenges in the present decades. In recent years, biodiesel has been viewed as an …

Microwave-assisted synthesis of glycerol carbonate by the transesterification of glycerol with dimethyl carbonate using Musa acuminata peel ash catalyst

B Changmai, IB Laskar, SL Rokhum - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Musa acuminata peel ash (MAPA), a biowaste-derived solid base catalyst is investigated for
the transesterification of glycerol with dimethyl carbonate (DMC) to glycerol carbonate (GC) …

Epoxidation of used cooking oils: Kinetic modeling and reaction optimization

LM Ramírez, JG Cadavid, A Orjuela… - … and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work developed a kinetic model for the epoxidation of used cooking oils (UCOs) via
Prileschajew reaction with peracetic acid formed in situ. Such models, that have been not …

Rapid production of biodiesel in a microchannel reactor at room temperature by enhancement of mixing behaviour in methanol phase using volume of fluid model

AM Laziz, KZ KuShaari, B Azeem, S Yusup… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The demand for biodiesel to reduce consumption of fossil fuels has motivated engineers to
design a rapid and safe production process. However, the slow mass transfer of multiphase …

Scale-up and cost analysis of biodiesel production using liquid-liquid film reactors: Reduction in the methanol consumption and investment cost

MA Noriega, PC Narváez - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is an important renewable fuel industrially produced by transesterification of fats
and oils. Conventional process productivity is limited by high residence time in the reaction …

Evaluation of stage efficiency and mass transfer performance in a spray falling film extractor

YG Zhu, XF Fei, HZ Xu, YB Li, GW Chu… - … and Processing-Process …, 2025 - Elsevier
Higher separation requirements and stricter environmental protection regulations have put
forward the development and optimization of efficient extraction equipment. Herein, a novel …

Simulation and validation of biodiesel production in Liquid-Liquid Film Reactors integrated with PES hollow fibers membranes

MA Noriega, PC Narváez, AC Habert - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Biodiesel production in Liquid-Liquid Film Reactors integrated with Poly (ether
sulfone) hollow fiber membranes (LLFRM) has been investigated to increase mass transfer …