Biodiesel has emerged as a viable alternative to mineral diesel in the transport sector to replace fossil fuels partially. However, long-term compatibility with engine hardware must be evaluated to ensure a smooth transition. Long-term material…
Biodiesel is always blended with petroleum diesel to serve as the transport fuel, to obtain the specific impact of petroleum diesel addition on thermal degradation for biodiesel
Present study demonstrates a two-stage integrated process for production of hydrocarbon oil designated as ALGLIQOL, with potential to be utilized as liquid transportation fuel. Stage-I involves in-situ catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of…
Engine experiments were performed for measurement of regulated, unregulated, and particulate emissions using a 2.2 L transportation compression ignition engine fueled with blends of diesel and biodiesels derived from Jatropha and waste cooking oils.…
Biodiesel is gaining prominence as a superior alternative source of energy to replace petroleum-based fuel in transportation. As of today, the biodiesel market continuous to rise up as the biofuel has been introduced to more than 60 countries…
This study assessed the life cycle of biodiesel production from crude palm oil at three Indonesian biodiesel plants. The LCA stage is based on ISO 14040, which determines the goal, scope, inventory, impact assessment, and interpretation of the areas…
Microbial oils are becoming increasingly popular as a means of creating alternatives to traditional transportation fuels. From this point of view, the study sought to produce microbial lipids from an industrial residue that is typically regarded as…
Ethiopia’s transportation sector is currently dominated by internal combustion engine vehicles running using imported petroleum oil. Due to shortages in hard currency, a rising economy and population growth, and rapid industrialization, energy…
The biomaterials have gained the attention for utilization as sustainable alternatives for petroleum-derived products due to the rapid depletion of petroleum resources and environmental issues. Chitosan is an economical, renewable and abundant…
The high viscosity and low surface tension of heavy crude oils, combined with the low relative permeability of the medium, cause their entrapment in the porous reservoir nets, affecting the oil production. In this work, the effect of two…
The present work deals about performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with biodiesel produced from underutilized, feedstock Gmelina arborea oil. The experiments were conducted using various blends (B10, B20, B30, and B40) of…
The present study demonstrates a promising approach for production of bio-crude oil via hydrothermal liquefaction of microbial biomass grown in large-scale open raceway pond. Three key attributes to achieve process feasibility are co-cultivation of…
Lime based catalysts are reported to be active in oil alcoholysis, biodiesel production, but their sensitivity to moisture and atmospheric CO2 can hinder their use at the industrial level because it is suspected that they must be manipulated in a…
Combustion characteristics of palm biodiesel/methyl esters (PME) and natural gas (NG) blend were examined using a model gas turbine swirl burner at vane angle () 30, 45 and 60. A twin fluid air blast atomiser was utilised for atomising liquid fuel at…
A singlecylinder marine diesel engine was modified to be operated in reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) combustion mode. The engine fueling system was upgraded to a common rail fuel injection system. Natural gas (NG) was used as port…
The biomaterials have gained the attention for utilization as sustainable alternatives for petroleum-derived products due to the rapid depletion of petroleum resources and environmental issues. Chitosan is an economical, renewable and abundant…
The cold flow properties of waste oil biodiesel (WME) were studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), multifunctional low temperature tester, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and solution crystallization theory. Three approaches…
Rare earth modified SO42-/ZrO2 solid acid catalysts were prepared by coprecipitation and impregnation methods respectively. The properties of the samples were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, and N2 adsorption-desorption techniques. And their catalytic…
In the face of lacking an equation to predict important characteristics of new biofuels, thirty mixing rules originally developed to calculate the viscosity of petroleum and its fractions were tested, using 303 experimental data of biodiesel and…
Global environmental awareness has encouraged further research towards biofuel production and consumption. Despite the favorable properties of biofuels, the sustainability of their conventional production pathways from agricultural feedstocks has…
The word biofuel is here referred to as liquid or gas fuel mainly derived from biomass for the transport sector. There are many reasons why biofuels are viewed by both developed and industrialized countries as important technologies. These include…
Herein, we utilised Loquat seed oil as a waste resource to produce biodiesel over a novel bifunctional catalyst system based on CaO loaded on a ceria oxide support. The catalysts were characterised using XRD, SEM-EDX, SBET STEM, and TPD analyses,…
Biomass is the only carbon-neutral renewable resource for the sustainable production of biofuels. There are three types of biofuels: traditional, hydrocarbon, and fuel additives. Traditional biofuels, such as biodiesel, bio-ethanol, and bio-butanol,…
Environmental concerns have initiated the search for greener measures to mitigate pollution issues. Bio Nano CaO was synthesized by reducing CaO extracted from chicken egg shell using tea decoction. The synthesized material was characterized by…
The biomaterials have gained the attention for utilization as sustainable alternatives for petroleum-derived products due to the rapid depletion of petroleum resources and environmental issues. Chitosan is an economical, renewable and abundant…
The Brazilian as well as the global energy matrix is still mostly supported by non-renewable energy sources such as oil. However, the national energy scenario has a much higher renewable share, and this behavior is largely due to the fact that the…
Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are synthesized with gold particles which have different and rare physical and chemical properties. This uniqueness of GNP compared with other nanometallic particles is due to their different quantum size and huge surface…
Reduction in automotive emissions in general, and particulate matter (PM) in particular, may be achieved by substitution of petroleum-based fuel with alternatives. Both partial and complete substitution are feasible. Biodiesel is a class of fluids…
The engine fuel properties of biodiesel are required for fuel quality assessment, spray and combustion modelling studies and engine optimization studies. Experimental measurement of biodiesel fuel properties over a broad range of temperatures is…
The need for energy and unrestricted use of fossil fuels has resulted in environmental pollution. This has opened a new front for the development of renewable fuels to focus on environmental sustainability. This chapter reports a comprehensive…
Due to food shortages and increasing fuel prices, scientists are trying to find suitable feedstocks for biodiesel production that do not divert food products to bioenergy. Although many edible oils may be cheaper feedstocks for biodiesel production,…
The manufacturing of non-stochastic (lattice) scaffolds by Direct Ink Writing is attractive for catalytic fluid flow applications, as it enables the optimization of not only the desired chemically active formulation but also of porosity, pore size,…
In this study, the compatibility and corrosion behavior of carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum and copper in contact with blends composed of biodiesel (consisting of soybean oil, beef tallow and swine lard) and petrodiesel were evaluated. Static…
Microalgal feedstocks have gained tremendous potential for sustainable biofuel production in recent years. For biofuel processing, thermochemical, biochemical, and transesterification processes are used. Many researchers have recently become…
A combination of biodiesel with hydroxy is expected to be one of the most viable fuels to enhance engine performance besides stringent emission norms. In this study, biodiesel was produced from water hyacinth and injected into the engine along with…
Carbon capture and sequestration technologies are used to reduce carbon emissions. Membranes, solvents, and adsorbents are the three major methods of CO2 capture. One of the promising methods is the use of algae to absorb CO2 from flue gases and…
Degumming and bleaching stages of vegetable oil refining processes are required to achieve the phosphorus content specification (≤10 mg/kg) reducing gums deposit during storage. Studies of degumming stage using citric acid are focused on statistical…
The rapid urbanization and development of industries such as power plants, cement factories, steel plants, and biotransformation and fossil fuel transformation plants, which are highly dependent on a large consumption of fossil fuels, have led to a…
In this study the rheological and combustion properties were evaluated for a very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) with biodiesel added at concentrations of 5, 10, 15 and 20 wt%. The samples were prepared via hand stirring, and blend uniformity was…
The present study defines a novel green method for the synthesis of the nickel oxide nanocatalyst by using an aqueous latex extract of the Ficus elastic. The catalyst was examined for the conversion of novel Brachychiton populneus seed oil (BPSO)…
The separation of glycerol from biodiesel in accordance with ASTM standards is critical. Conventional separation technology has not proven to be effective. Membrane technology is a viable and environmental friendly method of separating impurities…
The Albizzia julibrissin seed oil was studied for the first time as a promising unconventional raw material for the preparation of biodiesel fuel. We aim to optimize different oil extraction reaction parameters, alkali-catalyzed transesterification…
The study investigated the effect of degumming on physicochemical properties of FAEE produced from Acacia nilotica seed oil using AOCS and ASTM standard methods. The results revealed that the values for specific gravity (0.88), iodine value (65.03 g…
Currently, the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emission are the transportation sector followed closely by the electricity and industrial sector. Both the transportation and industrial sectors contribute to greenhouses gases due to the burning…
The depletion of the overall provision of crude oil has contributed to the penury for replacing diesel inside the tape drive industry to mitigate their impact. The purpose of the study is to perform an economic analysis to key out the viability of…
Over the year’s world has seen a noteworthy rise in pollution and diminution in fossil fuels as a consequence biodiesel was thought of an auxiliary fuel which could turn down the usage of conventional fossil fuels. The value of FFA in Gossypium…
Biodiesel is a fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long-chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats. Biodiesel is designated B100 and is regarded as the major substitute for fossil diesel. Crambe abyssinica, a native plant from…
The biodiesel produced from Nile tilapia waste consists of an alternative material for sustainable energy production, meeting the growing energy demand without damaging the environment, being this fish waste is often disposed in the inadequate form.…
Soapnuts and other saponin-rich plant materials are known for their phytochemistry and pharmacology. After a gap of two decades, there has been a sudden spate in research on soapnuts with experiments on a wide range of applications. The present…