TY  - JOUR
AU  - Contreras-Pacheco, Yéssica Vanessa
AU  - Pérez-Larios, Alejandro
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/02/07
TI  - Biodiesel in the Era of Renewable Transition: Critical Advances, Limitations and Future Engineering Pathways
JO  - Journal of Chemical Engineering and Renewable Fuels
T2  - Journal of Chemical Engineering and Renewable Fuels
JF  - Journal of Chemical Engineering and Renewable Fuels
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SP  - 28
EP  - 33
DO  - 10.62762/JCERF.2025.436781
UR  - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JCERF.2025.436781
KW  - biodiesel production
KW  - renewable fuels transition
KW  - catalytic and process intensification
KW  - sustainable feedstocks
AB  - Biodiesel has evolved from a niche alternative fuel into a strategic component of global decarbonization and energy diversification efforts. Its compatibility with existing engines, low sulfur content, and potential integration within circular bioeconomy frameworks position biodiesel as a relevant contributor to renewable energy transitions, particularly in regions with strong agricultural and agro-industrial sectors. Despite substantial progress in feedstock diversification, catalytic innovation, and process intensification, biodiesel production continues to face persistent challenges related to cost competitiveness, sustainability metrics, land use pressures, and scalability. This Perspective critically examines the current technological and systemic boundaries limiting biodiesel expansion and argues that its future relevance will depend on engineering integration rather than isolated process optimization. Emerging trends in catalysis, non-food feedstocks, digitalization, and artificial intelligence–driven process control are discussed alongside integration pathways with biorefineries and existing petroleum infrastructure. Remaining constraints—spanning feedstock economics, environmental trade-offs, and the water–energy–food nexus—are analyzed from a forward-looking engineering standpoint. Finally, this perspective outlines priority research directions and engineering strategies that could enable biodiesel to transition from a bridging fuel to a resilient component of low-carbon fuel systems over the coming decade.
SN  - 3070-1058
PB  - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge
LA  - English
ER  - 

@article{ContrerasPacheco2026Biodiesel,
  author = {Yéssica Vanessa Contreras-Pacheco and Alejandro Pérez-Larios},
  title = {Biodiesel in the Era of Renewable Transition: Critical Advances, Limitations and Future Engineering Pathways},
  journal = {Journal of Chemical Engineering and Renewable Fuels},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {2},
  number = {2},
  pages = {28-33},
  doi = {10.62762/JCERF.2025.436781},
  url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JCERF.2025.436781},
  abstract = {Biodiesel has evolved from a niche alternative fuel into a strategic component of global decarbonization and energy diversification efforts. Its compatibility with existing engines, low sulfur content, and potential integration within circular bioeconomy frameworks position biodiesel as a relevant contributor to renewable energy transitions, particularly in regions with strong agricultural and agro-industrial sectors. Despite substantial progress in feedstock diversification, catalytic innovation, and process intensification, biodiesel production continues to face persistent challenges related to cost competitiveness, sustainability metrics, land use pressures, and scalability. This Perspective critically examines the current technological and systemic boundaries limiting biodiesel expansion and argues that its future relevance will depend on engineering integration rather than isolated process optimization. Emerging trends in catalysis, non-food feedstocks, digitalization, and artificial intelligence–driven process control are discussed alongside integration pathways with biorefineries and existing petroleum infrastructure. Remaining constraints—spanning feedstock economics, environmental trade-offs, and the water–energy–food nexus—are analyzed from a forward-looking engineering standpoint. Finally, this perspective outlines priority research directions and engineering strategies that could enable biodiesel to transition from a bridging fuel to a resilient component of low-carbon fuel systems over the coming decade.},
  keywords = {biodiesel production, renewable fuels transition, catalytic and process intensification, sustainable feedstocks},
  issn = {3070-1058},
  publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}