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Challenges and opportunities in biofuels production

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Title Challenges and opportunities in biofuels production
 
Creator Srinivas, Darbha
Satyarthi, Jitendra Kumar
 
Subject Biodiesel
Biofuels
Renewable fuels
Solid catalysts
Transesterification (fatty acid glycerides)
Deoxygenation
Hydrotreatment
Vegetable oils/fats
 
Description 174-185
Biofuels are attractive alternative to petroleum diesel. They are renewable, non-toxic, biodegradable, carbon neutral and lead to reduced tailpipe emissions. This article presents the current state-of-art processes of their production and discusses the opportunities and future challenges in this area of research.
 
Date 2012-01-08T05:46:55Z
2012-01-08T05:46:55Z
2012-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-0975(Online); 0376-4710(Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13373
 
Language en_US
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJC-A Vol.51A(01-02) [January-February 2012]