G
Gurunathan Baskar
Researcher at St. Joseph's College of Engineering
Publications - 93
Citations - 2413
Gurunathan Baskar is an academic researcher from St. Joseph's College of Engineering. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiesel & Biodiesel production. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 80 publications receiving 1549 citations. Previous affiliations of Gurunathan Baskar include Anna University & Department of Biotechnology.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Trends in catalytic production of biodiesel from various feedstocks
Gurunathan Baskar,R. Aiswarya +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of various catalytic technology used for biodiesel production using different production methods and potential feedstocks is presented, including some important aspects of feedstock selection.
Journal ArticleDOI
Biodiesel production from castor oil using heterogeneous Ni doped ZnO nanocatalyst.
TL;DR: The reusability studies showed that the nanocatalyst can be reused efficiently for 3 cycles and the optimum conditions for transesterification was found to be oil to methanol molar ratio of 1:8 and reaction temperature of 55 °C for 60 min of reaction time by response surface method.
Journal ArticleDOI
Production of biodiesel from castor oil using iron (II) doped zinc oxide nanocatalyst
Gurunathan Baskar,S. Soumiya +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used ferromagnetic zinc oxide nanocomposite as a heterogeneous catalyst for transesterification reaction and obtained a yield of 91% (w/w) at 55°C with 14wt % catalyst loading and 12:1 methanol/oil ratio and was confirmed by Gas chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer.
Journal ArticleDOI
Optimization and kinetics of biodiesel production from Mahua oil using manganese doped zinc oxide nanocatalyst
TL;DR: In this paper, a manganese doped zinc oxide nanocatalyst was used as a heterogeneous catalyst for the production of biodiesel from Mahua oil and the presence of methyl esters in biodiesel was confirmed by FT-IR and GC-MS analysis.
Journal ArticleDOI
Immobilization of cellulase onto MnO2 nanoparticles for bioethanol production by enhanced hydrolysis of agricultural waste
TL;DR: It was found that cellulase immobilized on MnO2 nanoparticles could be used to hydrolyze cellulosic substances over a broad range of temperature and pH and was very efficient in terms of cellulolytic activity.