Open AccessMODERN METHODS OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION: A REVIEW
Author(s) -
Kwa Clovis Dze,
Giyo Frederick Buyinda
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2020.v05i05.003
Subject(s) - production (economics) , biodiesel , biodiesel production , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , business , engineering , economics , chemistry , organic chemistry , macroeconomics , catalysis
Biodiesel is a clean alternative fuel to petrodiesel. This paper reviews the different methods of biodiesel production: pyrolysis, transesterification, Microemulsification and direct use. Many researches carried out to produce biodiesel continuously report that biodiesel is not competitive compared with petro-diesel due to the high cost of feedstock used for biodiesel production. Therefore, it is important that alternative production methods/feedstock be investigated. Keywords— Biodiesel, Transesterification, petro-diesel,