Stabilization strategies in biomass depolymerization using chemical functionalization

YM Questell-Santiago, MV Galkin, K Barta… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
A central feature of most lignocellulosic-biomass-valorization strategies is the
depolymerization of all its three major constituents: cellulose and hemicellulose to simple …

Conversion of biomass platform molecules into fuel additives and liquid hydrocarbon fuels

MJ Climent, A Corma, S Iborra - Green Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work some relevant processes for the preparation of liquid hydrocarbon fuels and fuel
additives from cellulose, hemicellulose and triglycerides derived platform molecules are …

An overview of recent research in the conversion of glycerol into biofuels, fuel additives and other bio-based chemicals

UI Nda-Umar, I Ramli, YH Taufiq-Yap, EN Muhamad - Catalysts, 2018 - mdpi.com
The depletion of fossil fuels has heightened research and utilization of renewable energy
such as biodiesel. However, this has thrown up another challenge of significant increase in …

Catalytic conversion of glycerol for sustainable production of solketal as a fuel additive: A review

MR Nanda, Y Zhang, Z Yuan, W Qin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The exponential growth of biodiesel industries all around the world has produced a large
amount of glycerol as a byproduct, which must be valorized for the sustainability of the …

Production of fuel additive solketal via catalytic conversion of biodiesel-derived glycerol

I Zahid, M Ayoub, BB Abdullah, MH Nazir… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The increase in the synthesis of biodiesel has also contributed to a surplus of crude glycerol,
which is a significant bottleneck throughout the supply chain of biodiesel and has produced …

Oxygenated fuel additives from glycerol valorization. Main production pathways and effects on fuel properties and engine performance: A critical review

A Cornejo, I Barrio, M Campoy, J Lázaro… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The projected growth of biodiesel world production has led to an increasing interest in
finding new routes to valorize the large amount of glycerol produced linked to this biofuel …

Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of a catalytic process to convert glycerol into solketal as an oxygenated fuel additive

MR Nanda, Z Yuan, W Qin, HS Ghaziaskar, MA Poirier… - Fuel, 2014 - Elsevier
Glycerol is a byproduct of biodiesel industry and can be converted into high value-added
applications. The heterogeneous ketalization of glycerol with acetone was conducted over a …

Glycerol acetals and ketals as possible diesel additives. A review of their synthesis protocols

AR Trifoi, PŞ Agachi, T Pap - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the biodiesel industry all over the world, a large surplus of
glycerol has been created, so economic uses of glycerol for value-added products are …

Polymeric catalytically active membranes for reaction-separation coupling: A review

W Qing, X Li, S Shao, X Shi, J Wang, Y Feng… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Polymeric catalytic membranes for reaction-separation coupling were
reviewed.•Principles of different reaction-separation coupling processes were …

A review on the catalytic acetalization of bio-renewable glycerol to fuel additives

A Talebian-Kiakalaieh, NAS Amin, N Najaafi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The last 20 years have seen an unprecedented breakthrough in the biodiesel industry
worldwide leads to abundance of glycerol. Therefore, the economic utilization of glycerol to …