Arjun B. Chhetri ¹, K. Chris Watts ² and M. Rafiqul Islam ^1,*
1 Civil and Resources Engineering, Dalhousie University, Room D510, 1360 Barrington St., Box 1000, Halifax, N.S. B3J 2X4, Canada; E-mail: [email protected] (for Arjun B. Chhetri)
2 Process Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Box 1000, Halifax, N.S. B3J 2X4, Canada; Tel. +1 (902) 494-3269; Fax +1 (902) 420-7639; E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 27 March 2008 / Accepted: 9 April 2008 / Published: 10 April 2008
Article: Waste Cooking Oil as an Alternate Feedstock for Biodiesel Production
Energies 2008, 1, 3-18 (PDF format 171 K); DOI: 10.3390/en1010003


David Pimentel *, Alison Marklein, Megan A. Toth, Marissa Karpoff, Gillian S. Paul, Robert McCormack, Joanna Kyriazis and Tim Krueger
5126 Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Received: 29 July 2008 / Accepted: 11 September 2008 / Published: 16 September 2008
Review: Biofuel Impacts on World Food Supply: Use of Fossil Fuel, Land and Water Resources
Energies 2008, 1, 41-78 (PDF format 230 K); DOI: 10.3390/en1020041


Abiney L. Cardoso, Soraia Cristina Gonzaga Neves and Marcio J. da Silva *
Departament of Chemistry, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36570-000.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:[email protected]
Received: 5 August 2008; in revised form: 16 September 2008 / Accepted: 17 September 2008 / Published: 24 September 2008
Article: Esterification of Oleic Acid for Biodiesel Production Catalyzed by SnCl2: A Kinetic Investigation
Energies 2008, 1, 79-92 (PDF format 110 K); DOI: 10.3390/en1020079

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