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Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology

The advancement of alternative energy is primarily catalyzed by the negative environmental impacts and energy depletion caused by the excessive usage of fossil fuels. Biodiesel has emerged as a promising substitute to petrodiesel because it is biodegradable, less toxic, and reduces greenhouse gas em...

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Main Authors: Rizo Edwin Gumba, Suryani Saallah, Mailin Misson, Clarence M. Ongkudon, Ann Anton
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Published: Biofuel Research Team 2016
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TP Chemical technology
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20294/1/Green%20biodiesel%20production.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20294/
https://doi.org/10.18331/BRJ2016.3.3.3
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spelling my.ums.eprints.202942018-06-21T05:48:17Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20294/ Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology Rizo Edwin Gumba Suryani Saallah Mailin Misson Clarence M. Ongkudon Ann Anton TP Chemical technology The advancement of alternative energy is primarily catalyzed by the negative environmental impacts and energy depletion caused by the excessive usage of fossil fuels. Biodiesel has emerged as a promising substitute to petrodiesel because it is biodegradable, less toxic, and reduces greenhouse gas emission. Apart from that, biodiesel can be used as blending component or direct replacements for diesel fuel in automotive engines. A diverse range of methods have been reported for the conversion of renewable feedstocks (vegetable oil or animal fat) into biodiesel with transesterification being the most preferred method. Nevertheless, the cost of producing biodiesel is higher compared to fossil fuel, thus impeding its commercialization potentials. The limited source of reliable feedstock and the underdeveloped biodiesel production route have prevented the full-scale commercialization of biodiesel in many parts of the world. In a recent development, a new technology that incorporates monoliths as support matrices for enzyme immobilization in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) for continuous biodiesel production has been proposed to solve the problem. The potential of SC-CO2 system to be applied in enzymatic reactors is not well documented and hence the purpose of this review is to highlight the previous studies conducted as well as the future direction of this technology. Biofuel Research Team 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20294/1/Green%20biodiesel%20production.pdf Rizo Edwin Gumba and Suryani Saallah and Mailin Misson and Clarence M. Ongkudon and Ann Anton (2016) Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology. Biofuel Research Journal, 3 (3). pp. 431-447. ISSN 2292-8782 https://doi.org/10.18331/BRJ2016.3.3.3
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Rizo Edwin Gumba
Suryani Saallah
Mailin Misson
Clarence M. Ongkudon
Ann Anton
Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology
description The advancement of alternative energy is primarily catalyzed by the negative environmental impacts and energy depletion caused by the excessive usage of fossil fuels. Biodiesel has emerged as a promising substitute to petrodiesel because it is biodegradable, less toxic, and reduces greenhouse gas emission. Apart from that, biodiesel can be used as blending component or direct replacements for diesel fuel in automotive engines. A diverse range of methods have been reported for the conversion of renewable feedstocks (vegetable oil or animal fat) into biodiesel with transesterification being the most preferred method. Nevertheless, the cost of producing biodiesel is higher compared to fossil fuel, thus impeding its commercialization potentials. The limited source of reliable feedstock and the underdeveloped biodiesel production route have prevented the full-scale commercialization of biodiesel in many parts of the world. In a recent development, a new technology that incorporates monoliths as support matrices for enzyme immobilization in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) for continuous biodiesel production has been proposed to solve the problem. The potential of SC-CO2 system to be applied in enzymatic reactors is not well documented and hence the purpose of this review is to highlight the previous studies conducted as well as the future direction of this technology.
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author Rizo Edwin Gumba
Suryani Saallah
Mailin Misson
Clarence M. Ongkudon
Ann Anton
author_facet Rizo Edwin Gumba
Suryani Saallah
Mailin Misson
Clarence M. Ongkudon
Ann Anton
author_sort Rizo Edwin Gumba
title Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology
title_short Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology
title_full Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology
title_fullStr Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology
title_full_unstemmed Green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology
title_sort green biodiesel production: a review on feedstock, catalyst, monolithic reactor, and supercritical fluid technology
publisher Biofuel Research Team
publishDate 2016
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20294/1/Green%20biodiesel%20production.pdf
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