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Process system engineering in biodiesel production: a review [PDF]

, 2013
Biodiesel is fast becoming a popular alternative to fossil fuels, as it is natural, renewable and has low toxic emissions. Strategies that have been adopted to ensure continued growth of the biodiesel industry are policy development, reduction of ...
Kamarudin, S.K., Nasir, N.F., W. Daud, W.R., Yaakob, Z.   +3 more
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Biofuels from Renewable Sources, a Potential Option for Biodiesel Production

Bioengineering, 2022
Ever-increasing population growth that demands more energy produces tremendous pressure on natural energy reserves such as coal and petroleum, causing their depletion.
Dhurba Neupane
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A review on biodiesel production from microalgae: Influencing parameters and recent advanced technologies

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Microalgae are the important part of carbon cycle in the nature, and they could utilize the carbon resource in water and soil efficiently. The abilities of microalgae to mitigate CO2 emission and produce oil with a high productivity have been proven ...
Shiqiu Zhang, Lijie Zhang, Geng Xu, Li Fei-Fei, Xiaokang Li   +4 more
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Improving the combustion and emission performance of a diesel engine powered with mahua biodiesel and TiO2 nanoparticles additive

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023
The dwindling air quality and diminishing fossil fuel reserves have led to an increase in the need for alternative sources of fuel. Biodiesel derived from animal/plant sources seems to be an attractive substitution.
Chinmoy Jit Sarma, Prabhakar Sharma, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Dilip K Bora, Natarajan Senthilkumar, Deepanraj Balakrishnan, Ahmad I. Ayesh   +6 more
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A Comprehensive Review of the Properties, Performance, Combustion, and Emissions of the Diesel Engine Fueled with Different Generations of Biodiesel

Processes, 2022
Due to the increasing air pollution from diesel engines and the shortage of conventional fossil fuels, many experimental and numerical types of research have been carried out and published in the literature over the past few decades to find a new ...
Yanhui Zhang, Yunhao Zhong, Shengsen Lu, Zhiqing Zhang, Dongli Tan   +4 more
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Effects of using ammonia as a primary fuel on engine performance and emissions in an ammonia/biodiesel dual‐fuel CI engine

Social Science Research Network, 2022
Ammonia is a promising alternative fuel that can replace current fossil fuels. Hydrogen carrier, zero carbon base emissions, liquid unlike hydrogen, and can be produced using renewable resources, making ammonia a future green fuel for the internal ...
E. Nadimi, G. Przybyła, D. Emberson, T. Løvås, Łukasz Ziółkowski, W. Adamczyk   +5 more
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Comparative Study of Liquid Biodiesel From Sterculia foetida (Bottle Tree) Using CuO-CeO2 and Fe2O3 Nano Catalysts

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2019
This study examined the potential of nanocatalyst CuO-CeO2 and Fe2O3 for efficient conversion of Sterculia foetida seed Oil into biodiesel. S. foetida contains 40% oil content and low free fatty acid value (0.18 mg KOH/g).
Maryam Tanveer Akhtar, Mushtaq Ahmad, Anjuman Shaheen, Muhammad Zafar, Riaz Ullah, Maliha Asma, Shazia Sultana, Mamoona Munir, Neelam Rashid, Khafsa Malik, Muhammad Saeed, Amir Waseem   +11 more
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Non-Edible Moringa Oleifera Seeds for Environmentally Friendly Biodiesel – A Review

Rekayasa Hijau: Jurnal Teknologi Ramah Lingkungan, 2021
ABSTRAK Ketersediaan bahan bakar fosil semakin lama semakin berkurang. Hal tersebut menyebabkan dibutuhkannya pengganti bahan bakar alternatif yaitu biodiesel.
Miranti Nur Arafah, Raden Sukmawati, Hasna Mutiara Safitri, Herawati Budiastuti   +3 more
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An appraisal on enablers for enhancement of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel production facilities using the interpretative structural modeling approach

Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021
With the continuous depletion of energy sources globally and serious concern regarding environmental degradation by the use of fossil fuel, biodiesel may play a key transponder.
Rajendra Kukana, O. P. Jakhar
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Improved biodiesel production from waste cooking oil with mixed methanol–ethanol using enhanced eggshell-derived CaO nano-catalyst

Scientific Reports, 2021
In this report, the utilization of mixed methanol–ethanol system for the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil (WCO) using enhanced eggshell-derived calcium oxide (CaO) nano-catalyst was investigated.
Yeshimebet Simeon Erchamo, T. T. Mamo, G. A. Workneh, Y. Mekonnen   +3 more
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