{"title":"A mini-review of biodiesel production methods and its properties","authors":"O. Shevchenko, D.V. Popytaylenko","doi":"10.32434/0321-4095-2023-149-4-17-25","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Fatty acid esters (FAEs) attract attention worldwide due to their environmental friendliness, renewable nature and the possibility of their use as additives to traditional diesel fuel. Current energy crisis in Ukraine can be solved only under the condition of rational use of all energy sources and search for alternative ones. Among them, the technologies involving FAEs play an important role. The paper discusses various options for the transesterification process of FAEs: non-catalytic and catalytic ones. Information is provided about different types of catalysis. Different raw materials for the production of FAEs of various origins are overviewed. The characteristics of existing installations and methods of the FAE production are given. The main advantages and disadvantages of the above-mentioned aspects of the FAE production are analyzed. Comparison of the physicochemical characteristics of FAEs obtained by different methods is made. Recommendations are given to partially overcome the existing fuel crisis in Ukraine with the help of biofuel production.","PeriodicalId":23684,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy Khimii i Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Voprosy Khimii i Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.32434/0321-4095-2023-149-4-17-25","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Chemistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Fatty acid esters (FAEs) attract attention worldwide due to their environmental friendliness, renewable nature and the possibility of their use as additives to traditional diesel fuel. Current energy crisis in Ukraine can be solved only under the condition of rational use of all energy sources and search for alternative ones. Among them, the technologies involving FAEs play an important role. The paper discusses various options for the transesterification process of FAEs: non-catalytic and catalytic ones. Information is provided about different types of catalysis. Different raw materials for the production of FAEs of various origins are overviewed. The characteristics of existing installations and methods of the FAE production are given. The main advantages and disadvantages of the above-mentioned aspects of the FAE production are analyzed. Comparison of the physicochemical characteristics of FAEs obtained by different methods is made. Recommendations are given to partially overcome the existing fuel crisis in Ukraine with the help of biofuel production.
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Voprosy Khimii i Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii (Issues of Chemistry and Chemical Technology) is published bimonthly by the Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology and accepts Ukrainian- or English language high-quality original articles and reviews concerning various fields of research in chemistry and chemical engineering. Our unusual title “Voprosy khimii i khimicheskoi tekhnologii” originates from the transliterated initial Russian title “Issues of Chemistry and Chemical Technology“. The fact of the matter is that Voprosy khimii i khimicheskoi tekhnologii was founded in 1965 as a scientific journal mainly for Russian-reading and Russian-speaking readership when «the Iron Curtain» existed. Since 1991, after Ukraine declared its independence, our Journal began to publish the articles in Ukrainian and English. Multilingualism is our established tradition. We remember and cherish our traditions, but we follow the latest trends in modern science. Papers that are multidisciplinary or address new or emerging areas of chemistry and chemical engineering are particularly encouraged. Thus, the scope is dynamic. It includes but is not limited to the traditional areas of general, inorganic, organic, analytical, physical chemistry and electrochemistry, as well as all conventional areas of chemical engineering (chemistry of high molecular compounds, technology of inorganic and organic substances, processing of combustible minerals, chemical technology of silicates, processes and apparatus of chemical productions, etc.). The Journal publishes papers dealing with newer interdisciplinary areas such as materials science, nano-science, catalysis, computational and theoretical chemistry, surface phenomenon and colloidal systems, environmental chemistry, green chemistry.