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Enzymatic biodiesel: Challenges and opportunities
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A thorough analysis of recent biotechnological progress is presented in the context of present technological challenges and future developmental opportunities aimed at bringing the enzyme costs down and improving the overall process economics towards large scale production of enzymatic biodiesel.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2014-04-15. It has received 410 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biodiesel production & Biodiesel.read more
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A mini review on renewable sources for biofuel.
Dang Ho,Huu Hao Ngo,Wenshan Guo +2 more
TL;DR: The availability and bioenergy potentials of the current biomass feedstocks are reviewed and key technical challenges and opportunities of the lignocellulosic biomass-to-bioenergy production are discussed in comparison with the first generation technologies.
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A review of biomass-derived heterogeneous catalyst for a sustainable biodiesel production
Sharifah Hanis Yasmin Sayid Abdullah,Nur Hanis Mohamad Hanapi,Azman Azid,Roslan Umar,Hafizan Juahir,Helena Khatoon,Azizah Endut +6 more
TL;DR: A review of bio-based heterogeneous catalysts utilized for sustainable biodiesel production and their suitability for industrial application is presented in this article, where the use of these biomass derived catalysts provides a greener synthesis route for biodiesel synthesis.
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Recent trends of biodiesel production from animal fat wastes and associated production techniques
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of trends and techniques in biodiesel production from animal fat wastes (AFWs) is presented, and a critical overview of homogeneous and heterogeneous (one- or two-step) catalytic transesterification is presented.
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State of the Art of Catalysts for Biodiesel Production
I.M. Rizwanul Fattah,Hwai Chyuan Ong,Teuku Meurah Indra Mahlia,M. Mofijur,Arridina Susan Silitonga,S. M. Ashrafur Rahman,Arslan Ahmad +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the state-of-the-art and perspectives for catalytic biodiesel production and assesses the critical operational variables that influence biodiesel synthesis along with the technological solutions for sustainable implementation of the process.
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A comprehensive review of low cost biodiesel production from waste chicken fat
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed review has been done on the use of novel heterogeneous catalysts for transesterification process such as metal-based catalysts and organic catalysts.
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Biodiesel from microalgae.
TL;DR: As demonstrated here, microalgae appear to be the only source of renewable biodiesel that is capable of meeting the global demand for transport fuels.
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Microalgae for biodiesel production and other applications: A review
TL;DR: The various aspects associated with the design of microalgae production units are described, giving an overview of the current state of development of algae cultivation systems (photo-bioreactors and open ponds).
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Biodiesel production : a review
Fangrui Ma,Milford A. Hanna +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the transesterification reaction is aected by molar ratio of glycerides to alcohol, catalysts, reaction temperature, reaction time and free fatty acids and water content of oils or fats.
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Technical aspects of biodiesel production by transesterification—a review
TL;DR: In this paper, various methods of preparation of biodiesel with different combination of oil and catalysts have been described and technical tools and processes for monitoring the transesterification reactions like TLC, GC, HPLC, GPC, 1H NMR and NIR have also been summarized.
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Recovery of microalgal biomass and metabolites: process options and economics
TL;DR: Economics of monoseptic production of microalgae in photobioreactors and the downstream recovery of metabolites are discussed using eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) recovery as a representative case study.