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Biodiesel production using alumina-supported calcium oxide: An optimization study

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In this paper, the authors used Response Surface Methodology (RSM) in combination with Central Composite Design (CCD) to optimize the operating parameters of ICP-MS for transesterification of palm oil using CaO/Al 2 O 3 solid base catalyst.
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This article is published in Fuel Processing Technology.The article was published on 2010-02-01. It has received 207 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Transesterification & Biodiesel production.

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Recent developments on heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production by oil esterification and transesterification reactions: A review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the latest advances in research and development related with heterogeneous catalysts used to produce biodiesel and discuss the application of heterogeneous catalysis in chemical processes such as improved selectivity and easy catalyst separation from reaction mixture.
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The effects of catalysts in biodiesel production: A review

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of different catalysts used for producing biodiesel using findings available in the open literature are analyzed. And a critical review could allow identification of research areas to explore and improve the catalysts performance commonly employed in producing BDI fuel.
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Transesterification of vegetable oil into biodiesel catalyzed by CaO: A review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed CaO catalyst for the vegetable oil transesterification on the basis of a variety of the concerning research papers and discussed the practical use of CaO for industrial biodiesel production with pointing out the required future works.
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A review on recent advancement in catalytic materials for biodiesel production.

TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits and limitations of using homogeneous, heterogeneous, enzyme catalysts, and supercritical method for the alcoholysis process are comprehensively discussed.
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Calcium oxide as a promising heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production: Current state and perspectives

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.
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Combustion of fat and vegetable oil derived fuels in diesel engines

TL;DR: In this paper, the status of fat and oil derived diesel fuels with respect to fuel properties, engine performance, and emissions is reviewed, and it is concluded that the price of the feedstock fat or oil is the major factor determining biodiesel price.
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Integrated biodiesel production: a comparison of different homogeneous catalysts systems.

TL;DR: Although all the transesterification reactions were quite rapid and the biodiesel layers achieved nearly 100% methyl ester concentrations, the reactions using sodium hydroxide turned out the fastest.
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Importance of biodiesel as transportation fuel

Ayhan Demirbas
- 01 Sep 2007 - 
TL;DR: Biodiesel is defined as the monoalkyl esters of vegetable oils or animal fats as mentioned in this paper and is the best candidate for diesel fuels in diesel engines, which is the main advantage that biodiesel has over gasoline and petroleum diesel.
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Transesterification of soybean oil to biodiesel using CaO as a solid base catalyst

TL;DR: In this article, a 12:1 molar ratio of methanol to oil, addition of 8% CaO catalyst, 65°C reaction temperature and 2.03% water content in methanols gave the best results, and the biodiesel yield exceeded 95% at 3
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Activity of solid catalysts for biodiesel production: A review

TL;DR: In this article, the catalytic activity of several solid base and acid catalysts, particularly metal oxides and supported metal oxide, was reviewed for transesterification and esterification reactions simultaneously and converted oils with high amount of Free Fatty Acids.
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