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Integrated biodiesel production: a comparison of different homogeneous catalysts systems.
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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.About:
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Production of liquid biofuels from renewable resources
TL;DR: An up-to-date review of the literature available on the subject of liquid bio-fuels can be found in this article, which includes information based on the research conducted globally by scientists according to their local socio-cultural and economic situations.
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Preparation and Characterization of CaO Nanoparticles/NaX Zeolite Catalysts for the Transesterification of Sunflower Oil
Sandra Luz Martínez,Rubi Romero,José Carlos López,Amaya Romero,Víctor Sánchez Mendieta,Reyna Natividad +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the results of the transesterification of sunflower oil with methanol to produce biodiesel using CaO nanoparticles supported on NaX zeolite as catalyst were reported.
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Chemoselective catalytic conversion of glycerol as a biorenewable source to valuable commodity chemicals
TL;DR: This paper provides a comprehensive review and critical analysis on the different reaction pathways for catalytic conversion of glycerol into commodity chemicals, including selective oxidation, selective hydrogenolysis, selective dehydration, pyrolysis and gasification, steam reforming, thermal reduction into syngas, selective transesterification, selective etherification, oligomerization and polymerization, and conversion of Glycerol carbonate.
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Biodiesel production from heterotrophic microalgal oil.
Xiaoling Miao,Qingyu Wu +1 more
TL;DR: The results suggested that the new process, which combined bioengineering and transesterification, was a feasible and effective method for the production of high quality biodiesel from microalgal oil.
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Biodiesel production through the use of different sources and characterization of oils and their esters as the substitute of diesel: A review
S. P. Singh,Dipti Singh +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the source of production and characterization of vegetable oils and their methyl ester as the substitute of the petroleum fuel and future possibilities of Biodiesel production.
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Variables affecting the yields of fatty esters from transesterified vegetable oils
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that the conversion to methyl, ethyl and butyl esters from cottonseed, peanut, soybean and sunflower oils can be done in 1 hr with an alkaline catalyst.
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Biodiesel production via acid catalysis
Mustafa Canakci,J. H. Van Gerpen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the molar ratio of alcohol, reaction temperature, reaction time, water content, and free fatty acids were investigated to determine the best strategy for producing biodiesel.
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Conversion of vegetable oil to biodiesel using immobilized Candida antarctica lipase
Yuji Shimada,Yomi Watanabe,Taichi Samukawa,Akio Sugihara,Hideo Noda,Hideki Fukuda,Yoshio Tominaga +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attempted continuous methanolysis of vegetable oil by an enzymatic process, which was conducted by adding methanol stepwise to avoid lipase inactivation.
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Preparation and properties of diesel fuels from vegetable oils
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a solution to the viscosity problem of vegetable oils using dilution, micro-emulsification, pyrolysis and transesterification.
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Rapeseed oil methyl esters preparation using heterogeneous catalysts
TL;DR: In this paper, the transesterification of rapeseed oil by methyl alcohol can be catalysed effectively by basic alkaline-earth metal compounds: calcium oxide, calcium methoxide and barium hydroxide.