Value-added uses for crude glycerol--a byproduct of biodiesel production

Biotechnology for Biofuels - Tập 5 - Trang 1-10 - 2012
Fangxia Yang1,2, Milford A Hanna2, Runcang Sun3
1College of forestry, Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University, Yangling, P. R. China
2Department of Biological systems Engineering, Industrial Agricultural Products Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA
3Institute of Biomass Chemistry and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

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Biodiesel is a promising alternative, and renewable, fuel. As its production increases, so does production of the principle co-product, crude glycerol. The effective utilization of crude glycerol will contribute to the viability of biodiesel. In this review, composition and quality factors of crude glycerol are discussed. The value-added utilization opportunities of crude glycerol are reviewed. The majority of crude glycerol is used as feedstock for production of other value-added chemicals, followed by animal feeds.

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Biotechnology for Biofuels

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