Advances in Catalytic Production of Biodiesel and Bioethanol
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 537
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable biodiesel production; biomass valorization; thermochemical conversion technologies; process optimization and process energy integration
Interests: biofuels processing; process intensification; heterogeneous catalysis bio-based Polymers
Interests: bioethanol production; lignocellulosic biomass valorisation; biochemical technology; biocatalysis; enzymology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable biofuels have tremendous potential to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels as an energy resource. Biodiesel and bioethanol are considered carbon-neutral fuels that could fulfill the ever-increasing energy demand. Sustainable catalysis is critical to attaining high conversion of feedstock into biodiesel and bioethanol. The role of catalysts is fundamental, not only in the conversion reactions of biodiesel and bioethanol, but also in providing less energy-intensive, cost-effective, and more efficient overall process.
This Special Issue will provide a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, and insightful analysis of the advanced catalytic production of biodiesel and bioethanol. Authors are encouraged to contextualize their results by considering the relevant issues of sustainability, economics, social license, and policy in stimulating biodiesel and bioethanol productions.
The Guest Editors welcome submissions of original research and critical review articles by researchers from all disciplines investigating relevant topics for biodiesel and bioethanol productions, including, but not limited to the following:
- Second-generation biodiesel and bioethanol
- Waste bio-based sustainable catalysts
- Enzymatic catalysis
- Glycerol-free biodiesel
- Catalyzed crude glycerol valorization
- Integrated biorefinery
- Process intensification and optimization
- Process design, simulation, and integration
- Kinetic and thermodynamic studies
- Techno-economic analysis of production process
Dr. Omar Aboelazayem
Dr. Valentine Eze
Dr. Ranim Alayoubi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Biodiesel
- bioethanol
- microbial fermentation
- bio-based catalysts
- heterogeneous catalysts
- enzymatic catalysis
- glycerol valorization
- biorefinery
