The increasing use of bio-based fuels and fuel additives, among them biodiesel, causes
significant surplus of crude glycerol on the market which creates new challenges in terms of …

With the rapid development of biodiesel, biodiesel-derived glycerol has become a promising
renewable bioresource. The key to utilizing this bioresource lies in the value-added …

As the main intermediate metabolite in anaerobic digestion of wasted activated sludge
(WAS), volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are proper substrate for mixed culture (MC) …

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 …

Polymers have been used in various industries over the past few decades due to their
tremendous applications. Among these, polyhydroxyalkanoates and poly (lactic acid) are …

Propanediol (1, 3-PDO) was produced from glycerol in three parallel Expanded Granular
Sludge Blanket (EGSB) reactors inoculated with granular sludge (control reactor-R1), heat …

The natural fossil fuels are exhausting due to the rapid growth of global economy and
population. Biodiesel, a green and renewable fuel, has been seriously explored as an …

Glycerol from spent oil was processed by transesterification for biodiesel production.
Although glycerol contains many types of impurities, it can be used as a C-source for lactic …

Waste glycerol from biodiesel production is a valuable raw material that has been used to
produce valuable microbial metabolites. In this work, the possibility of microbial utilization of …

The effects on the lactic acid (LA) production by thermophile Lactobacillus bulgaricus ATTC
11842 on whey as a basal medium of seven factors namely, temperature C, pH, Lactose g/l …