Due to an increase in fuel demand and efforts to lessen greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, countries around the globe are searching for different clean energy sources such as biodiesel. Biodiesel is a renewable energy source that appears to be an ideal solution to meet global energy needs, including...

Biodiesel in Indonesia is a mixture of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) and diesel oil. Mixing FAME and diesel oil is challenging since FAME is separated from diesel oil at low temperatures. Changes in the physico-chemical properties of biodiesel during storage decrease biodiesel quality due to...

To address climate change concerns, and reduce the carbon footprint caused by fossil fuel use, it is likely that blend ratios of renewable biodiesel with commercial mineral diesel fuel will steadily increase, resulting in biodiesel use becoming more widespread. Exhaust toxicity of unblended ...

This study investigated the kinematic viscosity, calorific value, and flash point of three biodiesel-diesel blends (Luoping rape oil biodiesel, corn oil biodiesel, and catering waste oil biodiesel). Novel prediction equations for the calorific value were established based on the kinematic viscosity ...

China has issued a series of biodiesel-related policies to alleviate energy shortage anxiety and reduce carbon emissions. However, no other provinces or cities in China widely utilize biodiesel except Shanghai. This article firstly conducted a comprehensive estimation of the potential botanical ...

Greenhouse gas emission from burnt fossil fuels in transportation leads to global warming. Therefore, biodiesel which is believed to help in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emission has been widely used as renewable energy that will replace diesel fuel. Biodiesel of 7% in diesel or B7 has been...

Safflower oilseed needs to be studied in detail in relation to the production of biodiesel and its application in engines to be an alternative to commercial biodiesel used around the world. The aim of this study is to compare safflower biodiesel with commercial biodiesel in terms of emissions and...

Background: Based on our previous studied on different provenances of Pistacia chinensis, some accessions with high quality and quantity of seed oils has emerged as novel source of biodiesel. To better develop P. chinensis seed oils as woody biodiesel, a concurrent exploration of oil content, FA...

This study investigated the phenomena associated with the separation and purification of biodiesel produced from Ricinus communis oil seeds using experimental and theoretical approaches. The alkaline transesterification technique was used to produce the biodiesel from the Ricinus communis oil seeds ...

The previous biodiesel purification by Solvent-Aided Crystallization (SAC) using 1-butanol as assisting agent and parameters for SAC were optimized such as coolant temperature, cooling time and stirring speed. Meanwhile, 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF) was selected as an alternative to previous...