Review of advances in bifunctional solid acid/base catalysts for sustainable biodiesel production

A Munyentwali, H Li, Q Yang - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has attracted significant attention as a potential renewable and environmentally
friendly substitute for petroleum-derived diesel fuel. Conventionally, commercial biodiesel is …

Enabling catalysts for biodiesel production via transesterification

B Wang, B Wang, SK Shukla, R Wang - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the rapid development of industry and the increasing demand for transportation,
traditional sources of energy have been excessively consumed. Biodiesel as an alternative …

Advances in production of bio-based ester fuels with heterogeneous bifunctional catalysts

H Zhang, H Li, Y Hu, KTV Rao, CC Xu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dwindling oil reserves, concerns over climate changes related to CO 2 emissions, and
increasing demands on energy have intensified the interest and efforts in the utilization of …

Esterification of oleic acid to biodiesel catalyzed by a highly acidic carbonaceous catalyst

YT Wang, Z Fang, F Zhang - Catalysis Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous catalyst, with a variety of acid sites, was successfully synthesized by a two-
step method at low temperature. The synthesized catalyst (Zr-SO 3 H@ CMC) was …

Two-dimensional zeolite materials: structural and acidity properties

E Schulman, W Wu, D Liu - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zeolites are generally defined as three-dimensional (3D) crystalline microporous
aluminosilicates in which silicon (Si4+) and aluminum (Al3+) are coordinated tetrahedrally …

Unveiling the mechanisms of carboxylic acid esterification on acid zeolites for biomass-to-energy: A review of the catalytic process through experimental and …

GJ Gomes, MF Zalazar, JC Padilha, MB Costa… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been significant interest from industrial and academic areas in the
esterification of carboxylic acids catalyzed by acidic zeolites, as it represents a sustainable …

Biodiesel production from refined used cooking oil using co-metal oxide catalyzed transesterification

NF Sulaiman, ANN Hashim, S Toemen, SJM Rosid… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The world is challenged with depletion of non-renewable fossil fuel and environmental
pollution. Thus, this research was emphasized on converting refined used cooking oil to …

Zeolite-based catalysts: a valuable approach toward ester bond formation

N Fattahi, K Triantafyllidis, R Luque, A Ramazani - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Zeolite-based catalysts are versatile catalytic systems for a wide range of laboratory studies
and industrial scale processes. The chemical composition, ion exchange, and pore size …

Synthesis of biolubricants by the esterification of free fatty acids from castor oil with branched alcohols using cationic exchange resins as catalysts

RMA Saboya, JA Cecilia, C García-Sancho… - Industrial Crops and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Three cationic exchange resins (PD206, CT269DR and CT275DR), supplied by Purolite®,
with different physicochemical properties have been evaluated in the esterification reaction …

Sodium modified fluorapatite as a sustainable solid bi-functional catalyst for biodiesel production from rapeseed oil

Y Essamlali, O Amadine, A Fihri, M Zahouily - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Transesterification of rapeseed oil with methanol was investigated over a heterogeneous
catalysis system using sodium modified fluorapatite (Na/FAP) as a highly efficient, solid, bi …