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Review3 Biotech2018

Recent development on sustainable biodiesel production using sewage sludge.

Neha Srivastava, Manish Srivastava, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Ambepu Manikanta, Kajal Mishra, Shipra Singh, Sangram Singh, P W Ramteke, P K Mishra

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Review in 3 Biotech, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Neha Srivastava1Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005 India.
Manish Srivastava2Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007 India.
Vijai Kumar Gupta3Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, ERA Chair of Green Chemistry, School of Sciences, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
Ambepu Manikanta1Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005 India.
Kajal Mishra4School of Chemical Technology, G.G.S.I.P.U, New Delhi, 110078 India.
Shipra Singh1Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005 India.
Sangram SinghDepartment of Biochemistry, Dr. R.M.L. Awadh University, Faizabad, 224001 India.
P W Ramteke7Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 221007 India.
P K Mishra1Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005 India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biodiesel as a renewable energy is an important alternative to biofuels in current scenario to explore green energy sources. It is well known that the major cost involved in biodiesel production technology is dependent upon the used feedstock. This review presents an overview of biodiesel production using municipal sewage sludge as a cost-effective substrate. Municipal sewage sludge which possesses high lipid content with zero cost availability can meet the characteristics of a potential feedstock to produce biodiesel. Different types of substrates based processes to produce biodiesel have been also explored in brief. In addition, limitations of the existing process technology for biodiesel production with sustainable solutions have been also discussed.

Indexed as

BiodieselBiofuelsPyrolysisSewage sludgeTransestrification

Identifiers

PMID29744277
PMCPMC5940620

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