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Green Diesel: An Alternative to Biodiesel and Petrodiesel

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Abstract

In the post-COVID-19 era, sustainability is a crucial aspect that includes natural resource management, environmental impact reduction, and socioeconomic issues. Due to the depletion of world petroleum reserves and the greenhouse gas emissions connected with their usage, it has become more evident that continuing reliance on fossil fuel energy resources is unsustainable. As a result, there are active research efforts underway to produce alternative renewable and carbon–neutral biofuels as alternative energy sources. Because of the easy access to feedstock, decreased emissions, and unusually high cetane number, green diesel is becoming increasingly popular in academics and research. This chapter focuses on the background of biodiesel and green diesel fuels and the current status of the industry, and provides insight into the future of green diesel in the world. This chapter mainly deals with biodiesel/green diesel production routes, catalysts employed for the production of green diesel, factors affecting the green diesel production process, fuel properties of different diesel fuels. It further addresses the potential production of biodiesel/green diesel in the world and examines the status and contribution of diesel fuels derived from vegetable oils and animal fats. It was observed that biofuels could progressively substitute a significant proportion of the fossil fuels required to meet the growing energy demands.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (J&K), India

    Mohammad Aslam

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, U.P., India

    Himansh Kumar

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Himansh Kumar & Pramod Kumar

  4. Chemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh-National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, Punjab, India

    Himansh Kumar & Anil K. Sarma

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Aslam, M., Kumar, H., Sarma, A.K., Kumar, P. (2022). Current Status of the Green Diesel Industry. In: Aslam, M., Shivaji Maktedar, S., Sarma, A.K. (eds) Green Diesel: An Alternative to Biodiesel and Petrodiesel. Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2235-0_9

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