Glycerol: Production, consumption, prices, characterization and new trends in combustion

CAG Quispe, CJR Coronado, JA Carvalho Jr - Renewable and sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
The demand for petroleum has been rising rapidly due to increasing industrialization and
modernization. This economic development has led to a huge demand for energy, most of …

Progress, prospect and challenges in glycerol purification process: A review

MS Ardi, MK Aroua, NA Hashim - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Glycerol surplus in recent decades due to global increase in biodiesel production has
created a new form of challenge in terms of purification for crude glycerol. This review …

Two-step purification of glycerol as a value added by product from the biodiesel production process

AA Abdul Raman, HW Tan, A Buthiyappan - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
For every ton of biodiesel produced, about 100 kg of glycerol is also generated as a by-
product. The traditional method of removing glycerol is mainly by gravity separation or …

Recent advances in catalytic conversion of glycerol

CH Zhou, H Zhao, DS Tong, LM Wu, WH Yu - Catalysis Reviews, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The article underlines and discusses the state-of-the-art accomplishments in the catalytic
conversion of glycerol (1, 2, 3-propanetriol) to fuels and value-added chemicals in the past …

Purification of glycerol and its conversion to value-added chemicals: A review

R Dhabhai, P Koranian, Q Huang… - Separation Science …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
An increase in demand for biodiesel production has resulted in increased production of
glycerol, which is the main co-product of the process. Glycerol resulted from the biodiesel …

Treatment of glycerol phase formed by biodiesel production

M Hájek, F Skopal - Bioresource technology, 2010 - Elsevier
Glycerol is a by-product of biodiesel produced by transesterification and is contained in the
glycerol phase together with many other materials such as soaps, remaining catalyst, water …

Anaerobic digestion of crude glycerol: a review

MB Viana, AV Freitas, RC Leitão… - Environmental …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Several researchers have used crude glycerol as a source of substrate for methane
production and power generation, which is a way of adding value to this residue that has a …

Adsorptive purification of crude glycerol by sewage sludge-derived activated carbon prepared by chemical activation with H3PO4, K2CO3 and KOH

M Hunsom, C Autthanit - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Adsorptive purification of crude glycerol (CG) from a used-oil/methanol utilizing biodiesel
production plant was performed using sewage sludge-derived activated carbons (ACs) at a …

Sequential-refining of crude glycerol derived from waste used-oil methyl ester plant via a combined process of chemical and adsorption

R Manosak, S Limpattayanate, M Hunsom - Fuel Processing Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
A sequential stage physico-chemical refining of crude glycerol, derived from a waste used-
oil utilizing biodiesel (methyl ester) production plant, was performed by acidification, polar …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review on utilization of biodiesel-derived crude glycerol in sustainable polymers preparation

H Wang, H Li, CK Lee, N Suliani, M Nanyan… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …