Integrated experimental and life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from Datura stramonium seed oil using a one-pot sulfonated corncob catalyst
Workisa Bacha Garuma, Tesfaye Kassaw Bedru, Gadissa Tokuma Gindaba, Abdi Nemera Emana, Edosa Toyi, Mani Jayakumar, Beteley Tekola Meshesha, Shegaw Ahmed Mohammed, Abayneh Getachew Demesa, Samuel Perez Vega, Guedri Okba · 2026
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Workisa Bacha Garuma leads an eleven-author team turning in 2026 two wastes, jimsonweed seeds and corncobs, into biodiesel and a reusable catalyst, then auditing the whole process environmentally. The corncobs became a sulfonated carbon acid catalyst in a single pot process, while the poisonous plant's seed oil supplied a feedstock nobody competes for as food. Reaction conditions were tuned experimentally.
The best recipe converted over ninety-one percent of the oil at modest temperature in under five hours. Life cycle analysis across eighteen impact categories blamed electricity and solvents, used in catalyst making and oil extraction, for most of the footprint. The optimized run paired high conversion with near-minimum emissions. Waste-derived catalysts, the authors conclude, can anchor a genuinely circular biodiesel route.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Workisa Bacha Garuma, Tesfaye Kassaw Bedru, Gadissa Tokuma Gindaba, Abdi Nemera Emana, Edosa Toyi, Mani Jayakumar, Beteley Tekola Meshesha, Shegaw Ahmed Mohammed, Abayneh Getachew Demesa, Samuel Perez Vega, Guedri Okba |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 103912 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |