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Energies, Volume 1, Issue 2

September 2008 - 2 articles

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Articles (2)

  • Article
  • Open Access
110 Citations
21,960 Views
14 Pages

Esterification of Oleic Acid for Biodiesel Production Catalyzed by SnCl2: A Kinetic Investigation

  • Abiney L. Cardoso,
  • Soraia Cristina Gonzaga Neves and
  • Marcio J. Da Silva

24 September 2008

The production of biodiesel from low-cost raw materials which generally contain high amounts of free fatty acids (FFAs) is a valuable alternative that would make their production costs more competitive than petroleum-derived fuel. Currently, the prod...

  • Review
  • Open Access
109 Citations
26,646 Views
38 Pages

Biofuel Impacts on World Food Supply: Use of Fossil Fuel, Land and Water Resources

  • David Pimentel,
  • Alison Marklein,
  • Megan A. Toth,
  • Marissa Karpoff,
  • Gillian S. Paul,
  • Robert McCormack,
  • Joanna Kyriazis and
  • Tim Krueger

16 September 2008

The rapidly growing world population and rising consumption of biofuels are increasing demand for both food and biofuels. This exaggerates both food and fuel shortages. Using food crops such as corn grain to produce ethanol raises major nutritional a...

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Energies - ISSN 1996-1073