Marija R. Miladinović

TL;DR: In this paper, an overview of the recent progress in the development of various CaO-based catalysts suitable for biodiesel production is presented, where the mechanism, kinetics and optimization of transesterification reaction over these catalysts are first considered.

TL;DR: An overview of the preparation of nano-sized CaO-based catalysts and their application in the biodiesel production is given in this article, where the authors prove the promising potentiality of nano CaO−based catalyst as solid catalysts in biodiesel.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the catalytic activity of the walnut shell ash in the biodiesel production by the sunflower oil methanolysis and found that it provided a very fast reaction and a high FAME content (over 98%).

TL;DR: In this paper, the quicklime-catalyzed sunflower oil methanolysis was studied at mild reaction conditions and the optimal methanol-to-oil molar ratio and quicklime amount for achieving the highest fatty acid methyl esters content were established to be 12:1 and 5%, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of the residence time (i.e., liquid flow rate through the reactor), methanol-to-oil molar ratio and reaction temperature on the fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) content at the output of a continuous packed bed tubular reactor was modeled by the response surface methodology (RSM) combined with the 33 full factorial design (FFD) with replication or the Box-Behnken design (BBD) with five center points.