Biodiesel production using homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzyme catalysts via transesterification and esterification reactions: A critical review

V Mandari, SK Devarai - BioEnergy Research, 2022 - Springer
The excessive utilization of petroleum resources leads to global warming, crude oil price
fluctuations, and the fast depletion of petroleum reserves. Biodiesel has gained importance …

Ex-situ biodiesel production from Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba) biomass: Process evaluation and optimization

M Safaripour, M Saidi, P Moradi - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production is explored in the current study through the ex-situ extraction and trans-
esterification approach from commercially available Jojoba seed. This biomass is regarded …

Biofuel from agro-industrial residues as sustainable strategy for CO2 mitigation: Statistical optimization of pequi seeds torrefaction

EA Silveira, R Barcelo, GC Lamas… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Food loss and waste, about 30% of human-consumable food production, pose challenges to
safety, the economy, and the environment. A significant portion includes discarded fruit …

Valorization of mixed radish seed oil and Prunus armeniaca L. oil as a promising feedstock for biodiesel production: Evaluation and analysis of biodiesels

AB Fadhil, AW Nayyef… - Asia‐Pacific Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A blend of radish oil (RO) and apricot kernel oil (AKO) was transesterified with methanol,
ethanol, and their equivalent mixture, to yield methylic biodiesel (MBD), ethylic biodiesel …

Kinetics models of transesterification reaction for biodiesel production: A theoretical analysis

R Ezzati, S Ranjbar, A Soltanabadi - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The kinetics of the transesterification reaction has been explored theoretically. A general
rate equation (GRE) was obtained for kinetics modeling of transesterification at the entire …

Argan cake oil transesterification kinetics and an optimized choice of a high-performance catalyst for biodiesel production

N Bahani, S El Kourdi, S Abderafi - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2024 - Springer
In Morocco, the production of argan oil generates a natural organic residue available at a
low cost, which is known as argan cake. It shows potential as a biodiesel resource due to its …

Ethyl esters obtained from pequi and macaúba oils by transesterification with homogeneous acid catalysis

RCM dos Santos, PC Gurgel, NS Pereira, RA Breves… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, it was investigated the presence of ethyl esters in transesterified pequi (PO) and
macaúba (MO) oils. To obtain the biodiesel, an acid-catalyzed homogeneous reaction was …

Study on Low-Temperature dry distillation characteristics and product distribution of algal-derived bio-oils

C Yuan, C Li, X Cheng, AA Babadi, M Chen… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the low-temperature dry distillation experiments of the algal-derived bio-oil
were carried out at 100–300℃, and the distribution pattern and chemical properties of the …

Insights on preparation and characteristics of KOH-doped carbons derived from an abundant agroindustrial waste in Brazil: Amazon açaí berry seeds

DG Zavarize - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
New insights on KOH-activated carbons prepared from a largely produced waste in Brazil,
açaí berry seeds, are reported. Influence of time (120–360 min), temperature (180–540° C) …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetics of free fatty acids esterification in waste frying oil using novel carbon-based acid heterogeneous catalyst derived from Amazonian Açaí seeds–Role of …

DG Zavarize, GEG Vieira, JD de Oliveira - Catalysis Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
This study reports the kinetics of free fatty acids esterification in waste frying oil, based on a
simpler non-conventional pseudo first-order homogeneous reaction mechanism using a …