Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2015
Abstract
Today, the price of glycerol has dramatically dropped due to its oversupply from biodiesel production as well as oleochemical industry. Thus, it is essential to develop processes to transform bioglycerol into commercially valued products which is important to ensure sustainability in the biodiesel and oleochemical industries. One possibility is to transform it in propanediols, which have numerous applications such as food additives, raw material in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. In this paper, methods of conversion of glycerol into 1,3-propanediol are reviewed and discussed in detail. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
1, 3-propanediol, biocatalysis, bioglycerol, catalysis, biodiesel, micro-aerobic conditions, value-added products, klebsiella-pneumoniae, crude glycerol, sp-nov, biodiesel production, raw glycerol, clostridium-pasteurianum, lactobacillus-reuteri, citrobacter-freundii
Divisions
fac_eng
Funders
Centre for Separation Science and Technology ,Laboratoire de Genie Chimique at Campus INP-ENSIACET Campus Universite Paul Sabatier ,High Impact Research Grant (HIR) from the University of Malaya HIR/MOHE/ENG/59
Publication Title
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume
42
Publisher
Elsevier
Additional Information
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