Valorization of crude glycerol from biodiesel production

Autor: B Vlada Veljkovic, Sandra S. Konstantinović, S Dragisa Savic, T Jovan Ciric, B Slavica Ilic, R Bojana Danilovic
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, Vol 22, Iss 4, Pp 461-489 (2016)
ISSN: 2217-7434
1451-9372
Popis: The increased production of biodiesel as an alternative fuel involves the simultaneous growth in production of crude glycerol as its main by-product. Therefore, the feasibility and sustainability of biodiesel production requires the effective utilization of crude glycerol. This review describes various uses of crude glycerol as a potential green solvent for chemical reactions, a starting raw material for chemical and biochemical conversions into value-added chemicals, a substrate or co-substrate in microbial fermentations for synthesis of valuable chemicals and production of biogas and biohydrogen as well as a feedstuff for animal feed. A special attention is paid to various uses of crude glycerol in biodiesel production. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III 45001]
Databáze: OpenAIRE