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increased NOx emissions when fueling a heavy-duty compression- ignition engine with soy
biodiesel. SAE Paper 2009-01-1792
Neste Oil Corporation (n.d.). Annual report 2010. Retrieved from http://www.nesteoil.com.
Accessed 10 Feb 2019.
Noureddini H, Zhu D (1997) Kinetics of transesterification of soybean oil. J Am Oil Chem Sot
74:1457–1463
Palash SM, Kalam MA, Masjuki HH, Masum BM, Rizwanul Fattah IM, Mofijur M (2013) Impacts
of biodiesel combustion on NOx emissions and their reduction approaches. Renew Sustain
Energy Rev 23:473–490
Pauly M, Keegstra K (2010) Plant cell wall polymers as precursors for biofuels. Curr Opin Plant
Biol 13:305–312
Peng F, Ren JL, Xu F, Sun RC (2011) Chemicals from hemicelluloses: a review. In: Zhu JY,
Zhang X, Pan X (eds) Sustainable production of fuels, chemicals, and fibers from forest
biomass. ACS Symposium Series, Washington, DC, pp 219–259
Probstein RF, Hicks RE (2006) Synthetic fuels. Dover Publications Inc., Mineola
Rajasekar E, Murugesan A, Subramanian R, Nedunchezhian N (2010) Review of NOx reduction
technologies in CI engines fuelled with oxygenated biomass fuels. Renew Sustain Energy Rev
14(7):2113–2121
Renewable Fuels Association (2015) Ethanol facts: environment. http://www.ethanolrfa.org/pages/
ethanol-facts-environment. Accessed 3 Feb 2019
Rodríguez-Antón LM, Gutiérrez-Martín F, Martinez-Arevalo C (2015) Experimental determination
of some physical properties of gasoline, ethanol and ETBE ternary blends. Fuel 156:81–86
Rogers KA, Zheng Y (2016) Selective deoxygenation of biomass-derived bio-oils within hydrogenmodest environments: a review and new insights. Chem Sus Chem 9:1750–1772. https://doi.
org/10.1002/cssc.201600144
Ruane J, Sonnino A, Agostini A (2010) Bioenergy and the potential contribution of agricultural
biotechnologies in developing countries. Biomass Bioenergy 34:1427–1439
Saxena P, Williams FA (2007) Numerical and experimental studies of ethanol flames. Proc
Combust Inst 31(1):1149–1156
Shah V, Jurjevic M, Badia D (2007) Utilization of restaurant waste oil as a precursor for
sophorolipid production. Biotechnol Prog 23:512–515
Silva LN, Fortes ICP, De Sousa FP, Pasa VMD (2016) Biokerosene and green diesel from macauba
oils via catalytic deoxygenation over Pd/C. Fuel 164:329–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.
2015.09.081
Sims R, Taylor M, Saddler J, Mabee W (2008) From 1st- to 2nd-generation biofuel technologies –
full report- an overview of current industry and RD&D activities. International Energy Agency
Singh V, Rausch KD, Yang P, Shapouri H, Belyea RL, Tumbleson ME (2001) Modified dry grind
ethanol process, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Report No UILU No. 2001-7021
Skutsch M, de los Rios E, Solis S, Riegelhaupt E, Hinojosa D, Gerfert S, Gao Y, Masera O (2011)
Jatropha in Mexico: environmental and social impacts of an incipient biofuel program. Ecol Soc
16:4–11
Slade R, Bauen A (2013) Micro-algae cultivation and biofuels: cost, energy balance, environmental
impacts and future prospects. Biomass Bioenergy 53:29–38
Solomon BD, Barnes JR, Halvorsen KE (2007) Grain and cellulosic ethanol: history, economics,
and energy policy. Biomass Bioenergy 31:416–425
Somerville C (2011) Biofuels. Curr Biol 17:115–119
Spath PL, Dayton DC (2003) Preliminary screening – technical and economic assessment of
synthesis gas to fuels and chemicals with emphasis on the potential for biomass- derived syngas.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory [Report NREL/TP-510-34929]
Sticklen MB (2008) Plant genetic engineering for biofuel production: Towards affordable cellulosic
ethanol. Nat Rev Genet 9:433–443
34
P. Bartocci et al.