Current Status of Biodiesel Production in Baja California, Mexico

Montero, Gisela; Stoytcheva, Margarita; García, Conrado; Coronado, Marcos A.; Toscano, Lydia; Campbell, Héctor; Pérez, Armando; Vázquez, Ana María

doi:10.5772/27159

Cited by 6 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 19 publications

(16 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts are highly preferred by the chemical industry for both financial and environmental reasons, provided that they are available in the required quantity at a reasonable price and exhibit notable operational advantages over the corresponding homogeneous system [18]. Only a few examples of the use of The mechanism of the acid-catalyzed TE of vegetable oils [84,85].…”

Section: Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalystmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production Using Low-Cost Feedstocks: A Future Perspective

Kedir¹

2024

Advanced Biodiesel - Technological Advances, Challenges, and Sustainability Considerations

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Biodiesel can be produced using domestic resources like straight vegetable oil, animal fats, and waste cooking oil. Its use, instead of conventional diesel, contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions. The production of biodiesel through transesterification (TE) reactions requires adequate catalysts to speed up the reactions. The classical methods of biodiesel production were conducted using homogeneous catalysts, which have drawbacks such as high flammability, toxicity, corrosion, byproducts like soap and glycerol, and a high wastewater output. Recently, various types of heterogeneous catalysts and continuous reactors have been invented for the production of biodiesel. As a result, the initial choice of catalysts is crucial. However, it is also affected by the amount of free fatty acids in a given sample of oil. In addition, most of the catalysts are not suitable for large-scale industrial applications due to their high cost. Bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts are widely applicable and have a rich history of facilitating energy-efficient, selective molecular transformations, and contributing to chemical manufacturing processes like biodiesel. This chapter underlines the use of bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production using low-cost feedstock. Furthermore, it examines the sustainability of catalysts and low-cost feedstock for large-scale biodiesel production. Finally, the chapter indicates a further perspective of biodiesel as an alternative fuel using low-cost feedstock and recommends a sustainable bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production.

show abstract

Section: Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalystmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production Using Low-Cost Feedstocks: A Future Perspective

Kedir¹

2024

Advanced Biodiesel - Technological Advances, Challenges, and Sustainability Considerations

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In this project, it was assessed the production of biodiesel from rapeseed, soya, jatropha, sunflower and safflower oils, and the use of animal fat and WVO. The results suggest that farm input costs represent between 59% and 91% of biodiesel production costs, and as a result, animal tallow and WVO are an opportunity for biofuels production [18,19].…”

Section: Non-industrial Experiences Of Biodiesel Production In Mexicomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides the use of WVO, biodiesel from castor oil and inedible oilseeds from Mexicali Valley has been obtained. Subsequently, there have been developed research projects on topics related to the inventory of residual feedstocks to produce biodiesel, the performance of internal combustion engines operating with diesel-biodiesel blends, as well as the study of the behavior of materials exposed to diesel, biodiesel and mixtures of both [6,15,16,[19][20][21]. Research focused on the production of biodiesel via enzymatic has been conducted as well [22][23][24][25].…”

Section: Non-industrial Experiences Of Biodiesel Production In Mexicomentioning

confidence: 99%

An Overview of Biodiesel Production in Mexico

Montero¹,

Stoytcheva²,

Coronado³

et al. 2015

Biofuels - Status and Perspective

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Some studies prove that increasing the percentage of biodiesel, that substitutes diesel, decreases the emissions produced by its combustion [6,7]. The biodiesel is considered a renewable and ecological fuel drawn from lipids that are made to react with short-chain alcohol in the presence of a catalyst that can be acid, base or enzymatic, to produce a fatty acids' mono-alkyl esters mixture [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Implementation of Virtual Instrumentation for the Measurement of Operating Parameters of an Engine Using Diesel-Biodiesel Mixtures

Pérez¹,

Ramos²,

Montero³

et al. 2019

Biofuels - Challenges and Opportunities

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Through a reaction of alkaline transesterification of soybean oil using sodium methoxide, biodiesel denominated as B100 was obtained, with which four mixtures of diesel-biodiesel B2, B5, B10, and B20 were prepared. Kinematic viscosity and high heating value of the four blends, B100, and diesel were determined. The blends, B100, and diesel were used in a motor of four cylinders in-line engine, air intake at atmospheric pressure with a power of 250 hp and 6000 cm 3 , operating at a constant rate of 850 ± 50 rpm, a temperature of 25°C, and a relative humidity of 50%. To monitor the emissions, rpm, fuel consumption, and temperature in the engine's exhaust manifold, which operates with diesel-biodiesel mixtures, an integral instrument that uses the virtual instrumentation technology was developed in the programming platforms LabVIEW 2010 and ARDUINO. The development and implementation of the virtual instrument allow monitoring in real time the parameters of internal combustion engines and presents the versatility, flexibility, scalability, and capacity to function in equipment that operates with different liquid fuels at a lower cost than the one that conventional systems offered. These characteristics represent a significant benefit in comparison with the measurement and monitoring systems in the present market.

show abstract

Current Status of Biodiesel Production in Baja California, Mexico

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production Using Low-Cost Feedstocks: A Future Perspective

Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production Using Low-Cost Feedstocks: A Future Perspective

An Overview of Biodiesel Production in Mexico

Development and Implementation of Virtual Instrumentation for the Measurement of Operating Parameters of an Engine Using Diesel-Biodiesel Mixtures

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About