**Meet the editor**

Al Qubeissi is a Senior Lecturer in Thermo-fluids at the University of Coventry, a Chartered Engineer MIMechE, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG) – Society of Mechanical Engineering (ISME), and Editorial board member of several scientific journals. He is experienced in computational thermo-fluid mechanics. His

main relevant research experience and interests include development of mathematical models for processes preceding/exceeding the onset of combustion, conjugate heat transfer systems, and alternative fuel characteristics and their impacts on engines. His research efforts are disseminated in about 80 publications of high impact refereed journal articles, conference proceedings and monographs (a full list of publications can be viewed via https://cumahara.coventry.ac.uk/view/blocks.php?profile=1).

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Production Technologies 1**

**Opportunities 3** Mansour Al Qubeissi

**Brazilian Case 9**

**Irradiation 29**

Khudzir Ismail

**Transesterification 47**

**Section 2 Applications and Challenges 65**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Biofuels - Challenges and**

Chapter 2 **Valorization of Wastes for Biodiesel Production: The**

Ferreira da Costa and Geraldo Narciso da Rocha Filho

Chapter 3 **Properties of Torrefied Palm Kernel Shell via Microwave**

Chapter 5 **Measurement of Limited and Unlimited Emissions during**

**Burning of Alternative Fuels in the Tractor's Engines 67** Juraj Jablonický, Danela Uhrínová, Juraj Tulík and Ján Polerecký

Chapter 4 **Chemical Kinetic and High Fidelity Modeling of**

Isam Janajreh and Manar Almazrouei

Luís Adriano Santos do Nascimento, Deborah Terra de Oliveira, Alex Nazaré de Oliveira, Luiza Helena de Oliveira Pires, Carlos Emmerson

Razi Ahmad, Mohd Azlan Mohd Ishak, Nur Nasulhah Kasim and
