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A review on influencing parameters of biodiesel production and
purification processes
S. Chozhavendhan a,*
, M. Vijay Pradhap Singh a
, B. Fransila b
, R. Praveen Kumar b
,
G. Karthiga Devi c
a
Vivekanandha College of Engineering for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil nadu, India
b
Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil nadu, India
c
Saveetha School of Engineering, University, Chennai, Tamil nadu, India
A R T I C L E I N F O
Keywords:
Biodiesel
Renewable
Oil to alcohol ratio
Catalyst concentration
A B S T R A C T
Biodiesel is an alternate renewable, biodegradable, non-toxic fuel similar to conventional fossil fuel. It is usually
produced from vegetable oil, animal fat, tallow, non-edible plant oil and waste cooking oil. Biodiesel emits fewer
air pollutants, greenhouse gases other than oxides of nitrogen and easier to treat when compared with fossil fuels.
However, with all these environmental benefits, biodiesel could not be extensively used as a complete alternative
fuel to conventional diesel. Accordingly in this study apart from the scope and need of biodiesel, an attempt has
been made to address the number of parameters that influence the production process of biodiesel. Lipid/fat
content, type and catalyst concentration, oil to alcohol ratio and other purification process has been discussed to
reduce the unit operation involved in biodiesel production.
1. Introduction
World's anticipated energy prerequisite in the year 2030 shall be 50%
more than it is today. On one hand, world's economy is largely dependent
on the transportation of goods and services, and on the other hand,
transportation is mainly dependent on energy from petroleum fuels. The
shipping sector alone consumes 30% of the world's total energy pro-
duction and the last three decades have perceived a steep rise in the
number of vehicles worldwide [1,2]. About, 96% of the shipping sector is
reliant on fossil fuels [3]. Remarkably, accepted the use of fossil fuel has
caused global warming conditions; therefore, fossil fuels as a source of
energy should be replaced with renewable and clean energy sources to
reduce the emission of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases [4,5]. The
global climatic change, rising crude oil price, rapid depletion of fossil fuel
reserves, concern about energy security, land and water degradation
have forced governments, policymakers, scientists and researchers to
find alternative energy sources including wind, solar and biofuels [6–8].
The drawbacks of other renewable energy lead to high production of
biofuel in particular biodiesel has gained as a sustainable source of fuel
and it is considered as an important form of technological progress in
diminishing pollution [9]. Biodiesel is renewable, sustainable, biode-
gradable, non-toxic and clean energy with a good flashpoint, better
viscosity and calorific value similar to fossil fuels [10,11]. The price
stability, reduce inter fuel competition, rich states, reduce the
demand-supply gap and global demand for biodiesel have been projected
to either doubled or tripled in many regions by another decade and
beyond [12]. The commercial experience with biodiesel production has
been very promising and this article addresses the relevant researches
with many factors that have not been critically addressed for the com-
mercial production of biodiesel as alternate biofuels.
1.1. Biodiesel production
Biodiesel can be produced from micro and macroalgae, animal fat and
vegetable oil, food crops, lignocellulose material etc., Generally, bio-
diesel is typically produced via transesterification process, in which the
reaction of vegetable oils with alcohol (methanol or ethanol) to produce
alkyl esters and glycerol by using an appropriate catalyst [8]. Trans-
esterification is a three-step reversible reaction and it takes place in a
stepwise manner. In the initial step, conversion of triglycerides in the oil
to diglycerides, diglycerides into monoglycerides and lastly glycerol. To
favor the forward reaction, sufficient quantity (3:1) of alcohol to oil
molar ratio is usually maintained in the transesterification process.
However, an excess quantity of alcohol is usually added to drive the
* Corresponding author.
E-mail addresses: scv.ibt@gmail.com, chozhavendhan@vcew.ac.in (S. Chozhavendhan).
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equilibrium towards the product side [13]. At the end of
trans-esterification process, the reaction stream is separated into two
phases: biodiesel phase (top layer) and glycerol rich phase (bottom layer)
[14]. This excess alcohol would distribute in the biodiesel and glycerol
phase. Fig. 1 shows the chemical equation for fatty acid methyl ester
production from a triacylglycerides by the transesterification process in
the presence of a catalyst.
1.2. Generation of biodiesel
First-generation of biodiesel which has been extracted from edible
sources such as soybean, groundnut and canola which adversely affect
the harvesting of food products for human consumption, environmental
and climate change effects [15]. However, the first generation biodiesel
has been effectively used as a replacement for gasoline on a large-scale
basis of 5% mixture with gasoline since the 1930s. The
second-generation biodiesel, made from cellulosic feedstock such as
short-rotation forests, prairie grasses and municipal wastes [16,17].
Jatropha, an exemplified non-edible source requires vast amounts of
arable land and results in low yielding oil production. From the above
observations, search for alternative sources continued further to reduce
the food cropland competition until using algae as a sustainable and rich
source of biofuel which is known as third-generation biodiesel [18].
Algae-based biodiesel are considered to be a viable alternative third
generation biodiesel since it do not have any influence on food supply.
The use of microalgae is desirable since it can serve a dual role for
bioremediation of wastewater as well as a source for biodiesel production
with concomitant carbon dioxide sequestration [19]. Besides, algae can
be grown on any available land, water or saline and produces more lipids,
which is found to be a potential source in the production of biodiesel
[20]. The up-gradation amenities of biodiesel industries to produce
value-added products from the waste generated during the production
process generally falls under a strategy of fourth-generation biodiesel
[21].
1.3. Need for biodiesel
Over a decade, a significant base has been built for biodiesel on
environmental and socio-economic impacts [22]. Due to the quick
development of human activities, it has been estimated that oil and
natural gas storage will be depleted in another few decades and become
the largest challenge of the 21st century [23]. According to the organi-
zation of the petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) by 2040 world fuel
oil demand will reach up to 109.4 million barrels per day from which,
diesel fuel demands are expected to dominate by 5.7 million barrels per
day [24]. Compounding these issues, volatile prices for fossil fuels are
undermining energy security and eroding balances of payments by
escalating the cost of energy imports [25]. Consequently, there is
renewed interest in the production and use of fuels from plants or organic
waste [17]. Biofuel; biodiesel is environmentally friendly and shows
great potential as an alternative liquid fuel and energy [26]. It is an
alternative fuel similar to conventional diesel.
1.4. Scope of biodiesel
In late 2000, an increase in the usage of fossil fuels transformed on the
economic prospects of alternative transport fuels, including that of liquid
biofuels like bioethanol and biodiesel [27]. Biodiesel production along
with food production models are reviewed and best practices are iden-
tified that can co-exist to enhance and expand the productivity and in-
come of farmers [28]. Advancing the technologies helps to complement
each other instead of competing against each other. Using biodiesel
blended gasoline fuel for automobiles can significantly reduce petroleum
use and exhaust greenhouse gas emission. The fuels have higher octane
numbers and are preferred in spark-ignition internal combustion engines.
The combustion properties of biodiesel are very close to those of petro-
leum diesel [29]. The comparable physical and chemical properties
indicate that biodiesel can be used as such in the diesel engine without
any engine modification. Among the other form of energy sources,
biomass is most likely to be applied on a wide scale without any envi-
ronmental or economic penalties. Also, aquatic biomass presents easy
adaptability to grow in different conditions, either in fresh or marine
water or in a wide enough range of pH [30]. The cost associated with the
harvesting and transportation of microalgae is relatively low compared to
those of other biomass materials such as trees and crops. Besides, they do
not directly affect the human food supply chain thereby eliminating the
food versus fuel dispute [4]. Production of bio-ethanol from biomass is
one way to reduce both consumptions of crude oil and environmental
pollution [31]. Moreover, crude glycerol produced has a major byproduct
during biodiesel production can be used as a sole carbon source for the
production of high-value chemicals [32]. It can be used as animal feed
and lost cost manures which in turn reduces the treatment of crude
glycerol. Hence, biodiesel industries also enjoy numerous benefits like
self-disposal of crude glycerol, zero liquid discharge which helps to
develop economically as a whole [33].
2. Parameters affecting biodiesel production
‘The major obstacle of biodiesel commercialization is the price of
feedstock, which occupies 70% of the production cost of biodiesel and
biodiesel production technology [34]. The main important factors to be
encountered during biodiesel production are feedstock availability,
catalyst type and concentration, the molar ratio of oil to alcohol, reaction
temperature, reaction time, mixing intensity, water content and agitation
speed [35]. Table 1 clearly shows the yield of biodiesel on different types
of catalysts and their concentration on various feedstocks.
2.1. Feedstock
The availability of feedstocks is the critical parameter that affects the
economic feasibility of biodiesel production. Since it accounts for around
80% of the biodiesel total cost. In this context, several efforts have been
carried out in the search of low-cost feedstock and its availability round
the year [36]. Fatty acid methyl esters from algae, vegetable oil and
animal fats shown an evident feedstock for biodiesel production due to
improved viscosity, volatility and combustion behavior when compared
Fig. 1. Production of biodiesel from fatty acid by transesterification process.
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with conventional fuels. Main animal fat sources are beef tallow, lard,
poultry fat and fish oils similarly the vegetable oils like rapeseed oil,
castor berry, palm pulp, palm kernel oil, sunflower seeds, coconut kernel,
cottonseed, peanut grain, canola seed were used for the biodiesel pro-
duction process [37]. Some microalgae can double their biomasses
within 24 h and the shortest doubling time during their growth is around
3.5 h which makes microalgae an ideal renewable source for biodiesel
production [6]. Its abundance and utilizing enriched nutrients from
wastewater as a low-cost nutrient source are benefiting from microalgae
cultivation [38]. A major drawback of algal species are obligate photo-
trophs and this requires light for their growth [39]. The content of FFA
and the presence of impurities affect the type of biodiesel production
process used and the yield of fuel from that process. In recent, alterna-
tively, lipid residues as waste frying oil and inedible animal fats have also
received considerable attention from the biodiesel sector. However, it is
important to find new alternative sources that don't compete with food
chains.
2.2. Homogeneous catalyst
The Homogeneous catalyst includes alkalis and acids. The most
commonly used homogeneous catalyst are alkali catalyst which includes
sodium hydroxide, sodium methoxide and potassium hydroxide [40]. In
the transesterification of Karanja oil, KOH performed excellently with a
methyl esters yield of above 90% at 1% and 1.25% catalyst dosage, in 1 h
reaction at 65

c with a stirring speed of 600 rpm [41]. In a homogeneous
catalytic process the undesired side reaction, saponification occurs which
leads to an additional separation process to remove catalytic impurities
which ultimately increases the final production cost [42–44]. Consid-
ering homogeneous alkali catalytic systems; (1) optimum temperature
tends to be the one which is the closest to the boiling point of the alcohol
used; (2) excess alcohol is necessary to promote a good conversion (6:1 is
considered as the best methanol/oil molar ratio) [45]. A comparison is
made for different basic catalysts (sodium methoxide, potassium meth-
oxide, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide) for methanolysis of
sunflower oil and all the reactions were carried out under the same
experimental conditions in a stirred batch reactor and the subsequent
separation and purification stages in a decanter. Methoxides are more
effective than hydroxides and show maximum yield nearby 100 [40].
The advantages of the homogeneous catalyst using biodiesel production
are modest reaction conditions, high activity of base catalysts results in
high yield in a short time, base catalysts are much more active than acid
catalysts. The major constraints faced on the homogenous catalysts are
separation problems after reaction and wastewater treatment, saponifi-
cation forms a stable emulsion, catalysts cannot be reused, and basic
catalysts are sensitive to the presence of FFA and water [46].
2.3. Heterogeneous catalyst
Heterogeneous catalysts are promising for the transesterification re-
action of vegetable oils to produce biodiesel. Unlike homogeneous, het-
erogeneous catalysts be reused, regenerated and could be operated in
continuous processes [47]. More recently, there has been an increase in
the development of both acidic and alkali heterogeneous catalysts to
produce fatty acid methyl esters, because of their utilization in the
transesterification reaction greatly simplifies and economies the
post-treatment of the products (separation and purification) [40,41]. In
general, the heterogeneously catalyzed biodiesel production processes
have less number of unit operations, with simple product separation and
purification steps and no neutralization process is required [48]. The
heterogeneous catalysis is influenced by the type of catalyst either solid
or base, amount of catalyst, stream reaction time, a degree of mixing or
stirring, alcohol/oil content and purity index of the feedstock [12]. The
replacement of homogeneous catalysts by heterogeneous catalysts would
have various advantages like simple procedures and efficient catalyst
separation from the reaction mixture and the reduction of environmental
pollutants [49]. The advantages of the heterogeneous catalyst using
biodiesel production are environmentally friendly, nor corrosive, recy-
clable and with fewer disposal problems, easy separation of products,
higher selectivity, longer catalyst life, acid catalysts are insensitive to the
presence of FFA and water. Major snag on the heterogeneous catalyst is
currently less effective than common homogeneous base catalysts, high
alcohol-to-oil molar ratio and has mass transfer limitations in the
multi-phase reaction systems [46].
2.4. Enzymatic catalyst
The potential of biocatalysts in biodiesel production is attracting
continuous attention and the catalysts perform equally well with their
chemical-based counterparts [41]. The utilization of lipases for the pro-
duction of biodiesel has been reported as an effective means of circum-
venting the aforesaid problems. The first difficulty of using lipase is that
it is more expensive than the base catalyst like NaOH. Immobilized lipase
is distinguished from free lipase because of its easy recovery from the
reaction mixture facilitating its repeated use [50]. The enzymatic reac-
tion selectivity is high and the enzyme can be immobilized in the support
Table 1
Biodiesel yield for different type catalyst on various feedstocks.
Catalyst Concentration of Catalyst Feedstock Solvent Oil to Alcohol ratio Yield of Biodiesel Reference
1.Heterogeneous
CaO from egg shells 1.5wt% Palm oil Methanol 12:01 98% [48,58]
CaO 1wt% Sunflower oil Methanol 6:01 91% [48,59]
KF 4wt% tallow seed oil Methanol 12:01 96.80% [48,60]
KNO 1wt% Rape oil Methanol 6:01 98% [48,61]
ZnO 1.3wt% Ethyl butyrate Methanol 12:01 90% [48]
Al O 5.97wt% Palm oil Methanol 12.14:1 98.64% [48,62]
MgO 4wt% Mutton fat Methanol 22:01 98% [48,62]
TiO 6wt% Canola oil Methanol 30:01:00 100% [48,63]
2.Homogeneous
Sodium hydroxide 1wt% Sunflower oil Methanol 6:01 87% [40]
Potassium hydroxide 1wt% Sunflower oil Methanol 6:01 91.67% [40]
Sodium methoxide 1wt% Sunflower oil Methanol 6:01 99% [40]
Potassium methoxide 1wt% Sunflower oil Methanol 6:01 98% [40]
3. Lipase Enzyme
A. niger 1wt% Palm oil Methanol 3:01 69% [64]
R. oryzae 1wt% Soybean oil Methanol 3:01 85% [64]
4. Nano catalyst
KF 3wt% Canola oil Methanol 15:01 82.1 [51]
MgO 3wt% Soybean oil Methanol 2:03 99% [51]
ZnO 14wt% Castor oil Methanol 12:01 91% [50]
CaO 1wt% Soybean oil Methanol 7:01 96% [53]
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material include how far the fuel can be recovered using enzyme catalyst
[42].
2.5. NanoCatalyst
The effects of using a nano-sized alumina catalyst support on the
transesterification of the triglyceride to fatty acid methyl esters, FAMEs
[51]. Nano-MgO with supercritical/subcritical methanol can improve the
transesterification reaction of soybean oil yield about 78.5% [52]. The
biodiesel is also produced from castor oil using ferromagnetic zinc oxide
nanocomposite as a heterogeneous catalyst by a transesterification re-
action. A single phase of nanocatalyst was confirmed by x-ray diffraction
analysis [53]. Biodiesel produced from soybean oil using nanopowder
calcium oxide (NanoCaO) under room temperature showed a low reac-
tion rate was low and it required 6–24 h to obtain high conversion even
after eight cycles with soybean oil and three cycles with poultry fat [54].
The usage of nanomaterial is expensive and however, it yields more than
95%.
2.6. Alcohol to oil ratio
The stoichiometric relation between alcohol and oil is 3:1. However,
to drive the transesterification process in forwarding reaction excess
alcohol usage is detrimental [55]. Methanol and Ethanol are the most
common alcohols employed in the transesterification process. More than
80% biodiesel yield was obtained from soybean oil with 0.1% NaOCH3 in
a 2.5 h reaction time at 65

c with 10:1 Me OH/oil molar ratio at 450 rpm
shaking speed [41]. It is also reported that waste cooking oil at 65
C with
a molar ratio of 30:1 methanol to oil, took 69 h to obtain more than 90%
oil conversion to methyl esters[56]. At the optimal alcohol to oil molar
ratios of 12:1 and 18:1 for the supercritical methanol (SCM) and super-
critical ethanol (SCE) [57].
2.7. Reaction temperature
The reaction temperature is one of the most important parameters
that affect the yield of biodiesel production. The higher reaction rate was
achieved with an increase in temperature by the reduction of oil vis-
cosity. However, an increase in temperature beyond the optimum tem-
perature leads to a decrease in biodiesel production because the higher
temperature may accelerates the saponification of triglycerides [35].
Usually, the transesterification reaction temperature should be less than
the boiling point of alcohol to prevent the evaporation of alcohol. The
type of catalyst and oil used determines the optimum temperature in the
range of 50
C–60
C for biodiesel production.
2.8. Agitation speed
Agitation speed plays an important role in the formation of fatty acid
methyl esters because agitation of oil and catalyst mixture enhances the
reaction [35]. For example, the mixing intensities chosen were 200 rpm,
400 rpm, 600 rpm and 800 rpm for 60 min while other parameters were
kept constant. At 400 rpm higher conversion of the end product was
obtained. At higher agitation speed soap formation occurs and at lower
agitation shows a poor product formation. This is due to the reverse
behavior of the transesterification reaction [39].
3. Purification of biodiesel
The main objective of biodiesel washing is to remove free glycerol,
soap excess alcohol and residual catalyst. The drying of alkyl ester is
needed to achieve the stringent limits of biodiesel specification on the
amount of water content in the purified biodiesel product [65]. Table 2
shows the yield of biodiesel from the various purification processes.
According to the main mechanism, the purification methods used till
today for refining crude biodiesel can be classified in the following
groups (a) wet washing, (b) dry washing(c) membrane extraction, (d)
precipitation, (e) complexation and (f) simultaneous biodiesel synthesis
and purification all methods can come under a single heading.
3.1. Wet washing
Wet washing is performed by distilled water or acidulated water
(aqueous mineral acid solution). Water is used either at room tempera-
ture or as hot before entering into the wet washing step, the excess of
alcohol is sometimes separated by distillation or evaporation. Compari-
son of purified ethyl esters of castor oil by water washing at different
temperatures and pH. At the temperature of 30 and 70
C with a pH of 2
and 7 showed a significant result when compared with other tempera-
tures (20–90
C) in the pH range of 1–7 [66,67]. The advantages of wet
washing are very simple and effective method for purifying biodiesel,
very effective removal of glycerol and methanol, possible use of aqueous
of acids then disadvantages are requiring a large amount of water, drying
of washed product is required to remove the trace amount of water
increasing energy cost, requires washing and settling tanks occupying a
large surface area.
3.2. Dry washing
Dry -washing is developed to replace water washing by environmen-
tally friendly water -free purification methods. It removes the impurities
from crude biodiesel using waterless washing agents: adsorbents and acid
resins. Crude biodiesel was treated with 2 wt% magnesol at 65
C after
stirring for 20 min, the adsorbent was collected by filtration. However, a
higher biodiesel yield was achieved by water washing (96%) than by,
because a part of biodiesel remained in the column after purification. In
this process of decalcification protons of the functional groups on the resin
are exchanged by calcium ions of calcium soaps, glyceroxide, methoxide
and hydroxide that are believed to compose the leached catalyst. Thus, the
removal of leached calcium is by absorption into cation exchange resin
with the help of its [68]. The advantages of dry washing are no risk of
water in the fuel, allows for continuous operation, decrease the total time
Table 2
Yield of biodiesel from various purification process.
S.No Purification method Feed Stock Oil: Alcohol ratio Solvent Ester content Reference
1 Wet washing
Water Curcas oil 1:09 Methanol 98% [13,46]
Complexation (EDTA) Curcas oil 1:09 Methanol 98% [46]
Precipitation (Citric acid) Curcas oil 1:09 Methanol 98% [46]
2 Dry washing
Sulfonic resin Sunflower oil 1:14 Methanol 95.70% [46,69]
Ion exchange precipitation (Na2CO3) Sunflower oil 1:14 Methanol 95.70% [46,69]
Cation- exchange resins waste cooking oil 1:20 Methanol 95.70% [46,69]
4 Membrane extraction waste cooking oil 1:2
Methanol 95.70% [46,69]
5 Distillation yellow grease 1:30 Methanol 98% [46,70]
6 No washing pork lard 1:18 Methanol 95.70% [46,71]
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of production, drastic reduction of wastewater, the disadvantages are ion
exchange resins do not remove methanol, need extra equipment, little
higher running costs than water washing basicity [46].
3.3. Membrane extraction
Membrane-based separations are well-known technologies used in
water purification and protein separations. At present, these membrane
technologies are commercially applied in separations of aqueous solu-
tions, but the treatment of non-aqueous fluids by membrane separation is
currently emerging. The membrane can be organic or inorganic. Owing
to their chemical and thermal stabilities, the latter type especially the
ceramic membranes, is more suitable to use with organic solvents.
Ceramic membrane coupled with liquid-liquid extraction for the
continuous crossflow rejection of triglycerides from fatty acid methyl
ester mixture. The average pore size for an oil emulsion was determined
to be 44 μm with lower and upper limits of 12 μm and 400 μm respec-
tively. Tubular ceramic membrane and Ultrafiltration membrane are the
two membranes are more efficient of environmentally benign in the
purification process when compared with other membranes [65]. The
advantages are high potential in separating sodium soaps and alcohols,
operational simplicity and flexibility, low energy requirements, easy
control and scale-up, disadvantages are membrane must be cleaned, in-
creases of biodiesel production cost, decreases of throughput by possible
contaminations.
3.4. Precipitation
This purification method is based on the use of precipitating agents to
remove calcium ions from crude biodiesel. When the precipitating agent,
such as oxalic acid or citric acid, is added to crude biodiesel containing
calcium ions, an insoluble compound is formed in the reaction mixture.
The precipitated compound can be separated from the purified biodiesel
by filtration or centrifugation. The advantages are high yield of purified
biodiesel, reduced amount of water used in the process, simple removal
of the precipitate by filtration. The disadvantages are successful precip-
itation depends on operating conditions, further studies are needed to
optimize the precipitation conditions [46].
3.5. Complexation
Complexation is the combination of individual atom groups, ions or
molecules to create one large ion or molecule. This method for purifying
crude biodiesel uses a complexing agent to remove calcium ions, so far,
only ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) has been used as the
complexing agent for decalcifying crude biodiesel. EDTA forms a com-
plex with calcium ions in 91:1 agent to calcium molar ratio. The ad-
vantages are calcium forms a complex with EDTA soluble in water,
calcium remains in solution without ionic reactions. Several disadvan-
tages of complexation are preparation of aqueous EDTA solution with
difficulty, medium decalcification efficiency, EDTA is a hazardous
substance.
4. Economic impacts of biodiesel
Replacing fossil fuels with biodiesel has the potential to stimulate
several benefits. Biodiesel can be produced domestically, which lower
the need for fossil fuel imports and reduces its price and generate eco-
nomic sustainability of the nation [72]. If biodiesel production and use
reduce the consumption of imported fossil fuels, the adverse impacts of
supply disruptions can be avoided. Biodiesel production energy security
to the nation which does not possess oil resources. The economic impact
of biodiesel is not limited to biodiesel industry and the agriculture sector,
they spill over throughout an economy due to the inter-linkages between
production sectors.
5. Conclusion
To reduce CO2 emissions and fulfill the increasing energy demands, a
horde of research endeavors have been commenced to develop renew-
able and sustainable energy resources, which must be environmentally
friendly, and cost-effective. Though the researchers could obtain more
than 95% yield from various feedstock and catalyst yet, the commer-
cialization of biodiesel has not been accomplished. The feasibility of
production and utilization of biodiesel from various sources has been
affected by several parameters. Apart from the conventional catalyst,
several catalysts have been prepared from waste and cheap material like
eggshell, crustacean shells, biochar from coconut shell and kraft lignin.
The major purification processes which are used up to date are addressed
with its merits and demerits. The low -cost feedstock has many impurities
and low lipid or fat content which ultimately leads to increased pre-
treatment of the separation process and product quality improvement.
Declaration of Competing interest
None.
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