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    Inedible oil feedstocks for biodiesel production: A review of production technologies and physicochemical properties
    (Elsevier B.V., 2022) Devarajan, Yuvarajan; Munuswamy, Dinesh Babu; Subbiah, Ganesan; Vellaiyan, Suresh; Nagappan, Beemkumar; Varuvel, Edwin Geo; Thangaraja, Jeyaseelan
    Biodiesel emits lesser harmful pollutant emissions than renewable and biodegradable ones compared diesel. Research confirms that edible products and crops are the major sources of biofuel production. Excessive usage of these crops leads to higher production costs, economic imbalance, and depletion of food supply. Biofuel production from inedible sources shall lower the drawbacks of edible products and crops. Inedible feedstocks are the sustainable source of biofuel production as they are mostly grown on waste/abandoned land, produce similar or higher yields than edible feedstocks, and are fairly cost-effective. Hence this present work reviews the challenges and possibilities of employing inedible oil and products as a potential feedstock for biofuel production. Salient features of inedible oil such as production technologies, cost and benefits, fatty acid and physicochemical properties and oil extraction technology are reviewed from the latest literature. The outcome of this study suggests that there is a huge prospect of utilizing inedible oil as a reliable feedstock for biofuel generation. Among various production processes, scCO2 extraction technology proved to reduce inedible oil's moisture by 70% and FFA content by 62%, with a higher conversion rate of about 97%, as methanol in supercritical conditions has lesser interaction with the FFA of inedible oil. Inedible feedstocks are effective, non-toxic and safe in biofuel production. However, there exists a challenge in restricting its development in large-scale commercialization.
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    Techno-economic review assessment of hydrogen utilization in processing the natural gas and biofuels
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2022) Narayanan R., Deepak; Rajkumar, Sundararajan; N., Vinithkrishna; Thangaraja, Jeyaseelan; M., Sivagaminathan; Devarajan, Yuvarajan; Geo Varuvel, Edwin
    The automobile sector dominated by conventional fossil fuels greatly impacted human lives and strengthened the economy of many countries. However, the harmful emissions from the engines have contaminated the environment and induced severe climate changes; hence the emphasis is being laid on low carbon fuels that emit lower emissions and greenhouse gases. In this regard, hydrogen (H2) is considered as a no-carbon fuel; however, safety and storage are the main concerns. Therefore, the H2 can be potentially utilized with compressed natural gas (CNG) to form hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (HCNG) and processed with biofuels to produce hydrogenated biofuels. HCNG emits 20% lower carbon dioxide, 30% less carbon monoxide and 25% reductions in NOx emissions compared with CNG. The hydrogenated biodiesel fuels exhibit higher cetane number and better storage stability. However, the practical challenge is to render them economically affordable with minimum carbon footprints. Thus, the current review is aimed to provide comprehensive detail on the potential of hydrogen in fuel formulation techniques and their effect on engine performance, emission characteristics and various hydrogen production methods viz. blue and green hydrogen. Further, this review highlights the techno-economic characteristics of hydrogen utilization and economic characteristics of the low carbon fuels (both liquid and gaseous fuels) for sustainable mobility.