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Supercritical Transesterification of Palm Oil and Hydrated Ethanol in a Fixed Bed Reactor with a CaO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Catalyst
Sawangkeaw, Ruengwit; Tejvirat, Pornicha; … - In: Energies 5 (2012) 4, pp. 1062-1080
Biodiesel production from palm oil and hydrated ethanol in a fixed bed reactor using CaO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as … the preliminary study. The resultant biodiesel obtained under the optimal conditions (285 °C, 20 MPa, 30:1 ethanol … Biodiesel Standard (EN14214), and was found to comply with this International Standard. Moreover, ZnO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub …
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Investigating “Egusi” (<em>Citrullus Colocynthis</em> L.) Seed Oil as Potential Biodiesel Feedstock
Giwa, Solomon; Abdullah, Luqman Chuah; Adam, Nor Mariah - In: Energies 3 (2010) 4, pp. 607-618
Biodiesel’s acceptance as a substitute for fossil-derived diesel has grown the world over. However, the food … this work, egusi melon seed oil was studied for the first time as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production. Crude … the EN 14214 biodiesel standards. Fuel properties of EMOME were essentially identical with those of soybean, safflower and …
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Optimizing the Production of Biodiesel Using Lipase Entrapped in Biomimetic Silica
Kuan, I-Ching; Lee, Chia-Chi; Tsai, Bing-Hong; Lee, … - In: Energies 6 (2013) 4, pp. 2052-2064
applied entrapped lipase to the synthesis of biodiesel with soybean oil or waste cooking oil as a feedstock. The effects of ….6 °C, substrate molar ratio of 4.3%, and 75% <i>n</i>-hexane. The predicted and experimental values of biodiesel conversion …
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Comprehensive Characterization of Napier Grass as a Feedstock for Thermochemical Conversion
Mohammed, Isah Y.; Abakr, Yousif A.; Kazi, Feroz K.; … - In: Energies 8 (2015) 5, pp. 3403-3417
Study on Napier grass leaf (NGL), stem (NGS) and leaf and stem (NGT) was carried out. Proximate, ultimate and structural analyses were evaluated. Functional groups and crystalline components in the biomass were examined. Pyrolysis study was conducted in a thermogravimetric analyzer under...
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Optimization of Alkaline Flocculation for Harvesting of <i>Scenedesmus quadricauda</i> #507 and <i>Chaetoceros muelleri </i>#862
Huo, Shuhao; Wang, Zhongming; Zhu, Shunni; Cui, Fengjie; … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 9, pp. 6186-6195
A response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate the effects of pH and microalgal biomass concentration (BC) on alkaline flocculating activity for harvesting one freshwater green algae <i>Scenedesmus quadricauda</i> #507 and one marine diatom <i>Chaetoceros</i> <i>muelleri</i> #862. The pH value and BC were...
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Optimization of Key Factors Affecting Methane Production from Acidic Effluent Coming from the Sugarcane Juice Hydrogen Fermentation Process
Reungsang, Alissara; Pattra, Sakchai; Sittijunda, Sureewan - In: Energies 5 (2012) 11, pp. 4746-4757
Response surface methodology with a central composite design was applied to optimize the key factors affecting methane production from the acidic effluent coming from the sugarcane juice hydrogen fermentation process. The parameters studied were substrate concentration, ratio of NaHCO<sub>3</sub> to...
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Optimization of Ethanol Production from NaOH-Pretreated Solid State Fermented Sweet Sorghum Bagasse
Yu, Menghui; Li, Jihong; Chang, Sandra; Du, Ran; Li, … - In: Energies 7 (2014) 7, pp. 4054-4067
Ethanol production from NaOH-Pretreated solid state fermented sweet sorghum bagasse with an engineered strain of <i>Z</i>. <i>mobilis</i> TSH-ZM-01 was optimized. Results showed that: (1) residual solid removal during ethanol fermentation was unnecessary and 24 h fermentation duration was optimal for ethanol...
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Effects of Biodiesel Blend on Marine Fuel Characteristics for Marine Vessels
Lin, Cherng-Yuan - In: Energies 6 (2013) 9, pp. 4945-4955
Biodiesel produced from vegetable oils, animal fats and algae oil is a renewable, environmentally friendly and clean … influence of biodiesel blend on the characteristics of residual and distillate marine fuels. Adequate correlation equations are … applied to calculate the fuel properties of the blended marine fuels with biodiesel. Residual marine fuel RMA has inferior …
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High Lipid Induction in Microalgae for Biodiesel Production
Sharma, Kalpesh K.; Schuhmann, Holger; Schenk, Peer M. - In: Energies 5 (2012) 5, pp. 1532-1553
Oil-accumulating microalgae have the potential to enable large-scale biodiesel production without competing for arable … commercial production of microalgal oil-derived biodiesel. However, under optimal growth conditions, large amounts of algal … for the production of biodiesel. …
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Fuel Characteristics of Biodiesel Produced from a High-Acid Oil from Soybean Soapstock by Supercritical-Methanol Transesterification
Lin, Cherng-Yuan; Lin, Yi-Wei - In: Energies 5 (2012) 7, pp. 2370-2380
A supercritical methanol transesterification method was applied to produce biodiesel from the high-acid oil of soybean … soapstock. The fuel properties of biodiesel produced with various molar ratios of methanol to raw oil were analyzed and compared … compounds in the high-acid oil-biodiesel. The saturated fatty acid content of the high-acid oil increased significantly due to …
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