Production of biodiesel from edible vegetable oils using homogenous catalysts negatively impacts food availability and cost while generating significant amounts caustic wastewater during purification. Thus, there is an urgent need to utilize low-cost, non-food feedstocks for the production sustainable heterogeneous catalysis. The objective this study was synthesize a novel supported nano-magnet...

an ever-increasing drift of energy consumption, unequal geographical distribution of natural wealth and the quest for low carbon fuel for a cleaner environment are sparking the production and use of biodiesels in many countries around the globe. in this work, jatropha and karanja biodiesels were produced from the respective crude vegetable oils through transesterification, and the different phy...

This study investigates the use of di-ethyl ether (DEE) as an oxygenated additive with 20% Karanja methyl ester diesel blend (B20). Experiments were conducted to study the effect of adding 5%, 10% and 15% di-ethyl ether (DEE) with Karanja methyl ester (KME) on performance, emission and combustion characteristics of a direct injection diesel engine operated at a constant speed of 1500 rpm at dif...

With depleting conventional energy sources there is urgent need to look for alternatives automotive fuel especially from Non-edible feedstocks. Present work investigates FAME (fatty acids methyl esters) synthesis commonly known as Biodiesel non-edible feedstock Karanja using heterogeneous catalyst calcium oxide (CaO). Study was investigated considering effects of oil-methanol mole ratio, concen...