Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly (Jan 2016)

Valorization of crude glycerol from biodiesel production

  • Konstantinović Sandra S.,
  • Danilović Bojana R.,
  • Ćirić Jovan T.,
  • Ilić Slavica B.,
  • Savić Dragiša S.,
  • Veljković Vlada B.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ160303019K
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 4
pp. 461 – 489

Abstract

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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]

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