Glycerol A Versatile Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry /

• Main Authors: Mota, Claudio J. A. (Author), Peres Pinto, Bianca (Author), de Lima, Ana Lúcia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Renewable energy resources.; Biotechnology.; Chemical engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental chemistry.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Chemistry.

This book is aimed at providing a concise discussion on the use of glycerol as a renewable raw material for the chemical industry. With the increasing use of biodiesel produced from oils and fats, there is a surplus of glycerol in the world. This abundant and rather cheap raw material can be transfo...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Biomass and Biofuels
• Chapter 2. Glycerol Utilization
• Chapter 3: Biotechnological Routes of Glycerol Transformation in Valuable Chemicals
• Chapter 4: Thermochemical Routes of Glycerol Transformation to Commodity Chemicals
• Chapter 5. Thermochemical Routes of Glycerol Transformation in Specialty Chemicals
• Chapter 6. Glycerol Conversion in the Biorefinery Context.