From glycerol production to its value-added uses: A critical review

Z Pirzadi, F Meshkani - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Glycerol as a by-product of biodiesel production shows a developing renewable bio-derived
feedstock, which could be applied as a source for obtaining products with higher added …

Microbial production of 1, 3-propanediol: recent developments and emerging opportunities

RK Saxena, P Anand, S Saran, J Isar - Biotechnology advances, 2009 - Elsevier
1, 3-Propanediol, a valuable bifunctional molecule, can be produced from renewable
resources using microorganisms. It has several promising properties for many synthetic …

Glycerol (byproduct of biodiesel production) as a source for fuels and chemicals mini review

X Fan, R Burton, Y Zhou - The Open Fuels & Energy Science …, 2010 - benthamopen.com
Currently the large surplus of glycerol formed as a by-product during the production of
biodiesel offered an abundant and low cost feedstock. Researchers showed a surge of …

Debottlenecking the 1, 3-propanediol pathway by metabolic engineering

E Celińska - Biotechnology Advances, 2010 - Elsevier
The history of 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-PD) conversion from being a specialty chemical to
being a bulk chemical illustrates that the concerted effort of different metabolic engineering …

Acetalization of glycerol using mesoporous MoO3/SiO2 solid acid catalyst

SB Umbarkar, TV Kotbagi, AV Biradar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Acetalization of glycerol with various aldehydes has been carried out using mesoporous
MoO3/SiO2 as a solid acid catalyst. A series of MoO3/SiO2 catalysts with varying MoO3 …

Anaerobic digestion of crude glycerol from biodiesel manufacturing using a large-scale pilot plant: Methane production and application of digested sludge as fertilizer

Y Baba, C Tada, R Watanabe, Y Fukuda, N Chida… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
This report is the first to consider methane production energy balance from crude glycerol at
a practical rather than a laboratory scale. Crude glycerol was added to the plant …

Cell‐free synthesis of 1, 3‐propanediol from glycerol with a high yield

F Rieckenberg, I Ardao, R Rujananon… - Engineering in Life …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Currently established fermentation processes converting glycerol to 1, 3‐propanediol reach
a yield of only about 0.6 mol/mol with about 40% of the used glycerol being converted to …

Novel esterification of glycerol catalysed by tin chloride (II): a recyclable and less corrosive process for production of bio-additives

CE Gonçalves, LO Laier, MJ Silva - Catalysis letters, 2011 - Springer
In this work, a novel process based on use of a SnCl 2· 2H 2 O catalyst which is less
corrosive, inexpensive, and a water tolerant Lewis acid was employed for synthesis of fuel …

Room temperature acetalization of glycerol to cyclic acetals over anchored silicotungstates under solvent free conditions

N Narkhede, A Patel - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous catalysts comprising of parent Keggin type silicotungstate as well as
monolacunary silicotungstate anchored to MCM-41 were synthesized and characterized by …

Klebsiella spp as a 1, 3-propanediol producer – the metabolic engineering approach

E Celińska - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Klebsiella spp are one of the best natural producers of 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-PD). However,
their usage in the biotechnological production of the diol is limited, since the species belong …