Current status and challenges in the heterogeneous catalysis for biodiesel production

A Mukhtar, S Saqib, H Lin, MUH Shah, S Ullah… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The traditional method of biodiesel synthesis is costly on industrial scale. Hence,
heterogeneous catalysis is crucial in minimizing end-product costs thanks to high durability …

Advances and approaches for chemical recycling of plastic waste

T Thiounn, RC Smith - Journal of Polymer Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The global production and consumption of plastics has increased at an alarming rate over
the last few decades. The accumulation of pervasive and persistent waste plastic has …

Patent landscape review on biodiesel production: Technology updates

TMI Mahlia, Z Syazmi, M Mofijur, AEP Abas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from vegetable oils and animal fats. Compared with
fossil fuels, it has the potential to alleviate environmental pressures and achieve sustainable …

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 …

Biodiesel fuels

G Knothe, LF Razon - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The mono-alkyl esters, most commonly the methyl esters, of vegetable oils, animal fats or
other materials consisting mainly of triacylglycerols, often referred to as biodiesel, are an …

A review on the prospects of sustainable biodiesel production: A global scenario with an emphasis on waste-oil biodiesel utilization

M Hajjari, M Tabatabaei, M Aghbashlo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to the large amount of diesel fuel demands worldwide and the negative environmental
and health impacts of its direct combustion, biodiesel production and consumption have …

The potential of microalgae in biodiesel production

J Chen, J Li, W Dong, X Zhang, RD Tyagi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, biodiesel production has grabbed significant attention due to the awareness
of fossil fuel exhaustion. Microalgae become interested feedstock candidate of biodiesel …

A comprehensive review of low cost biodiesel production from waste chicken fat

M Kirubakaran, VAM Selvan - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper discusses about the importance of animal fats for power generation particularly
from waste chicken fat, advantages of using chicken fat for biodiesel production, different …

Waste ostrich-and chicken-eggshells as heterogeneous base catalyst for biodiesel production from used cooking oil: Catalyst characterization and biodiesel yield …

YH Tan, MO Abdullah, C Nolasco-Hipolito… - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The primary goal of this paper is to investigate the catalyst characterization and biodiesel
yield of a biodiesel converted from a used cooking oil source via heterogeneous catalysts …

Calcium oxide as a promising heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production: Current state and perspectives

DM Marinković, MV Stanković, AV Veličković… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …