Glycerol production and its applications as a raw material: a review

Tan, H.W. and Abdul Raman, Abdul Aziz and Aroua, M.K. (2013) Glycerol production and its applications as a raw material: a review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. pp. 118-127. ISSN 1364-0321,

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Abstract

Glycerol is a valuable byproduct in biodiesel production by transesterification, soap manufacturing by saponification as well as hydrolysis reaction.The purity of glycerol obtained is low due to the presence of impurities such as remaining catalyst, water, soaps, salts and esters formed during the reaction.Purification of glycerol as well as the conversion of glycerol into valuable products has attained growing interest in recent years due to the dramatic growth of the biodiesel industry. This paper reviews different methods of producing crude glycerol as the major by-product.Purification of glycerol was reported as well as value-added products produced from glycerol.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information: Corresponding author.Tel.: +60 379675206;fax: +60 379675319. E-mail addresses: azizraman@um.edu.my, rshazrin@gmail.com (A.R.AbdulAziz).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Crude glycerol; Tranesterification; Saponification; Hydrolysis; Purification; Glycerol
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Ms. Norhamizah Tamizi
Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2014 09:25
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2019 08:17
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/9521

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