Biodiesel Production from Waste Oils and Heterogeneous Catalysts

This community works on converting waste cooking oils and seed oils into biodiesel using heterogeneous catalysts, and on testing the resulting fuel blends in diesel engines.

The research focuses on the transesterification of feedstocks such as waste cooking oil, palm oil, and soybean oil into methyl esters. A major strand involves the development of heterogeneous catalysts, including calcium oxide, cerium oxide, and other metal oxide nanoparticles, to facilitate the reaction. Another significant area examines the combustion performance, emission characteristics, and engine behavior of biodiesel blends in compression ignition engines. Methodologies frequently cited include response surface methodology for process optimization and the use of sustainable, waste-derived catalytic materials.

The largest share of the community's output is found in cerium research, representing 1.0% of all cerium research, with 185 papers here. Calcium and zinc also contribute significantly, with 191 and 192 papers respectively, though they constitute smaller shares of their respective elements' total research.

The community comprises 3,902 papers, publishing most frequently in Fuel, Renewable Energy, and Fuel Processing Technology.

Recent work continues to explore novel catalysts, such as functionalized biochar and magnetic lignin-based solids, and investigates the thermo-kinetics of biodiesel production from diverse oil sources.

Papers behind this description

Recent advances in transesterification for sustainable biodiesel production, challenges, and prospects: a comprehensive review — Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024 — doi:10.1007/s11356-024-32027-4
Exploring waste-derived catalysts for sustainable biodiesel production: a path towards renewable energy — Carbon letters, 2024 — doi:10.1007/s42823-024-00773-7
Biodiesel production from microalgae: A comprehensive review on influential factors, transesterification processes, and challenges — Fuel, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2024.131547
Investigation on the combined effect of the hydrogen premixing and nanoparticle mixed pyrolysed oil of transformer oil waste in engine characteristics — International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.304
Waste to fuel: A detailed combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with sustainable fish waste management augmentation with alcohols and nanoparticles — Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.energy.2024.131412
Production of waste soybean oil biodiesel with various catalysts, and the catalyst role on the CI engine behaviors — Energy, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.energy.2023.130157
Preparation of chromium-doped ZIFs-8/ZnCo-LDH composite as a acid-base bifunctional catalyst for biodiesel production — Renewable Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.renene.2024.121940
Impact of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on hybrid biodiesel blends for cleaner combustion in CI engines — Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.energy.2024.131911
Energy recovery from waste animal fats and detailed testing on combustion, performance, and emission analysis of IC engine fueled with their blends enriched with metal oxide nanoparticles — Energy, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.energy.2023.129287
Impact of nanoparticle-based fuel additives on biodiesel combustion: An analysis of fuel properties, engine performance, emissions, and combustion characteristics — Energy Conversion and Management X, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.ecmx.2023.100515
Efficient and Sustainable Biodiesel Production via Transesterification: Catalysts and Operating Conditions — Catalysts, 2024 — doi:10.3390/catal14090581
Biofuels and their sources of production: A review on cleaner sustainable alternative against conventional fuel, in the framework of the food and energy nexus — Energy Nexus, 2021 — doi:10.1016/j.nexus.2021.100036
Biodiesel: A comprehensive review of properties, catalyst types, and feedstock sources — Results in Chemistry, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.rechem.2025.102678
Catalyst reuse in biomass-based Biodiesel: Life cycle and economic implications for a circular bioenergy economy — Biomass and Bioenergy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.108071
Overview of combustion and emission characteristics of sustainable aviation fuels and standard JET A-1 fuel — Fuel, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2025.136011
Biodiesel production using a functionalized hybrid biochar catalyst: RSM-based optimization and comprehensive evaluation — Renewable Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.renene.2025.123486
Microwave-assisted biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using deep eutectic solvent catalyst: Kinetic and thermodynamic insights — Biomass and Bioenergy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.108148
Sulfonated magnetic lignin-based solid acid catalyst Fe3O4-L@SO3H: A highly efficient heterogeneous functional catalyst for biodiesel production via esterification — Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jece.2025.119635