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With rapidly on-going energy demand and fast depletion of fossil fuels, the option of choosing biodiesel holds the upper-hand. Biodiesel production from edible oils was observed to be not feasible by industry due to the usage of feedstocks as food resources. Recently research using heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production from the non-edible oils and algal oil is considered way superior to homogeneous catalysts due to the lower selectivity, activity, recovery, and reusability of catalysts. This chapter aims to review critically a portion of the usage of non-edible oils and algal oils for biodiesel production via heterogeneous catalysts and nanoheterogeneous catalysts. It includes the preparation and characterization of catalysts, optimized conditions for alkyl ester production, and characterization of biodiesel. It also includes the selection of suitable catalysts for industrial application.

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