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 …

Dealing with the surplus of glycerol production from biodiesel industry through catalytic upgrading to polyglycerols and other value-added products

Z Gholami, AZ Abdullah, KT Lee - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
An increase in glycerol production is expected because of the increasing use of fuel
additives such as methyl esters. This increase can enhance the importance of glycerol as a …

Glycerol ether synthesis: A bench test for green chemistry concepts and technologies

M Sutter, ED Silva, N Duguet, Y Raoul, E Métay… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Naturally occurring, glycerol ethers are generally pure enantiomers, and batylic, chimylic,
and selachylic alcohols (Scheme 1) are the major ones which can be found in lipid …

Chemicals production from glycerol through heterogeneous catalysis: a review

P Koranian, Q Huang, AK Dalai, R Sammynaiken - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Utilization of biofuels generated from renewable sources has attracted broad attention due
to their benefits such as reducing consumption of fossil fuels, sustainability, and …

Current and future trends for crude glycerol upgrading to high value-added products

MH Moklis, S Cheng, JS Cross - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Crude glycerol is the main byproduct of biodiesel manufacturing from oleaginous crops and
other biomass-derived oils. Approximately 10% crude glycerol is produced with every batch …

A review over the role of catalysts for selective short-chain polyglycerol production from biodiesel derived waste glycerol

CC Chong, A Aqsha, M Ayoub, M Sajid… - … Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
The production of biodiesel production has been surged throughout the decades due to the
conventional transesterification process of edible, non-edible, and waste cooking oil to …

Critical review of the various reaction mechanisms for glycerol etherification

P Palanychamy, S Lim, YH Yap, LK Leong - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review provides in-depth coverage of numerous mechanisms available for the
etherification process of glycerol, including alcohol solvent, olefin solvent and solvent-free …

Synthesis of biomass‐derived ethers for use as fuels and lubricants

JE Rorrer, AT Bell, FD Toste - ChemSusChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ethers synthesized from biomass‐derived compounds have exceptional properties as fuels,
lubricants, and specialty chemicals and can serve as replacements for petroleum‐derived …

A comprehensive review on catalytic etherification of glycerol to value-added products

A Bhargava, S Shelke, M Dilkash… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2023 - degruyter.com
The increase in biodiesel production has resulted in the oversupply of glycerol into the
market. Purified and processed glycerol has found many direct applications in …

Etherification of glycerol with isobutene on sulfonated graphene: reaction and separation

J Zhou, Y Wang, X Guo, J Mao, S Zhang - Green Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A sulfonated graphene catalyst (SG) prepared by grafting sulfonic acid-containing aryl
radicals onto the two-dimensional surface of graphene was used for the etherification of …