Ajay K. Dalai

TL;DR: It was determined that the ester with the most potential for being an additive or a substitute for diesel fuel is the canola methyl ester, whose physical and chemical characteristics are similar to diesel fuel.

TL;DR: In this paper, a broad-spectrum assessment of the above pathways is rare in literature in terms of technology used, biofuel yields, potential challenges and possible outcomes, as well as the potential solutions which do not restrict them to different biofuel production pathways.

TL;DR: It was observed that temperature, carrier flow rates and particle diameter of packing material had profound effects on the conversion of glycerol as well as product distribution.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the state-of-the-art techniques for upgrading of bio-oil can be found, which in turn will serve as an aid for bio oil valorization, such as, evaluating characterization techniques involved in understanding salient features of bio oil, insight of biooil pretreatment methods for water removal to increase heating values and decrease risk of catalyst poisoning in subsequent hydroprocessing.

TL;DR: In this paper, two quadratic models were developed for BET surface area and yield of activated carbon using Design-Expert software, and the models were used to calculate the optimum operating conditions for production of activation carbon providing a compromise between BET surface areas and yield.