Author:Grobler, J; Harding, KG; Smit, Monique; Ramchuran, Santosh O; Durand, P; Low, MDate:Sep 2021In this study, a South African indigenous microalga Acutodesmus bajacalifornicus was evaluated in different cultivation media. Eleven potential cultivation media were identified and tested on A. bajacalifornicus, a potential source for biodiesel ...Read more
Author:Focke, WW; Van der Westhuizen, I; Lofté Grobler, AB; Nshoane, KT; Reddy, JK; Luyt, ASDate:Apr 2012Biodiesels were prepared using base catalyzed methanolysis of sunflower, soybean and canola oils. Rancimat oxidative stability measurements showed that the induction period (IP) for neat canola biodiesel conformed to EN 14214, the European ...Read more
Author:Everson, CS; Mengistu, MG; Gush, Mark BDate:Dec 2012Global attention on biofuels and the potential for Jatropha curcas to produce biodiesel from marginal land with low inputs has recently created world-wide interest in this species. This paper reports on the water dynamics and productivity of ...Read more
Author:Mkhize, NM; Sithole, Bishop B; Ntunka, MGDate:Jun 2015The present study indicates that solid acid catalysis of crude tall oil (CTO) over a WO3/ZrO2 catalyst is effective in converting the CTO fatty acids components into biodiesel in high yield. Preparation of the catalyst by an impregnation ...Read more
Author:Babajide, O; Petrik, L; Amigun, B; Ameer, FDate:Oct 2010Biodiesel has attracted increasing interest and has proved to be a good substitute for fossil-based fuels due to its environmental advantages and availability from renewable resources such as refined and waste vegetable oils. Several studies ...Read more
Author:Moodley, G; Bok, C; Chetty, DDate:Mar 2015The search for a suitable replacement to conventionally used fossil fuels as a feedstock for diesel production, has been gaining momentum over the recent years. The use of first generation feed-stocks such as edible and non-edible plant oils ...Read more
Author:Musango, JK; Amigun, B; Brent, ACDate:Jul 2010This paper presents a Bioenergy Systems Sustainability Assessment and Management (BIOSSAM) model. The BIOSSAM model was developed as a means to provide insights into the implications of expanding bioenergy programmes in South Africa, which ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, R; Sithole, Bishop B; Obwaka, EDate:Mar 2016The report focuses on optimisation of alkali catalysis as a process for producing biodiesel from waste cooking oils. Biodiesel production parameters that were optimised were methanol to oil ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature, ...Read more