Overview
- Summarizes the main achievements in glycerol chemistry with a concise, but consistent approach
- Provides an update on the use of glycerol as a renewable feedstock
- Passes on knowledge regarding sustainability in the industry
- Motivates new studies on the subject
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
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 transformed in commodities and specialty chemicals, as well as in fuels. The book describes the main processes of chemical transformation of glycerol, highlighting those that are currently in commercial use and pointing out potential processes to be used in the future.
The first chapter introduces the concept of biofuel and briefly describes the production of biodiesel. It also highlights glycerol as the main byproduct of biodiesel synthesis and presents some numbers regarding the world production of glycerol. The second chapter shows the common uses of glycerol and addresses the point whether or not they can drain the large amounts of glycerol produced from biodiesel. The chapter addresses pros and cons of each use. The third chapter covers the main biotechnological processes of glycerol transformation. The fourth chapter thoroughly describes the main thermochemical processes to transform glycerol into commodities, products that will be further used in the chemical industry to produce polymers, for instance. The fifth chapter covers the production of glycerol derivatives of high added-value. The sixth chapter addresses the use of glycerol in the context of a biorefinery. The main idea is to show that many of the processes described in the previous chapters could be entirely green, using exclusively renewable raw materials.
Reviews
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2018
âIt is hard to deny the value in this elegantly conceived small monograph dedicated to glycerolâthat behemoth of the chemical process and product industry. ⊠The 253 references are current through 2016; tables, schematics and illustrations are adequate and useful. This work is very nice! It is most appropriate for chemists and technologists alike, especially specialists. Summing up: Highly recommended, Upper-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.â (L. W. Fine, Choice, Vol. 55 (7), March, 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
2. Prof. Dr. Bianca Peres Pinto was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and graduated in Chemistry at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2006). She obtained her doctoral degree in Chemistry at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2013). Currently she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Hydrocarbon Reactivity, Biomass and Catalysis and also a Lecturer at the Department of Analytical Chemistry at UFRJ. Her current research interests are focused on catalytic processes of biomass transformation.
3. Prof. Ana Lucia de Lima received her BA degree in Chemical Sciences (2011) from the Federal University of UberlĂąndia (UFU), Brazil. She received her MSc (2013) degree from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. Currently she ispursuing her PhD in Chemistry at UFRJ under supervision of Prof. ClĂĄudio J. A. Mota and Prof. CĂ©lia M. Ronconi. Her research work is focused on catalysis, biofuel and synthesis of hybrid materials. She is also a temporary Lecturer at the Department of Analytical Chemistry at UFRJ.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Glycerol
Book Subtitle: A Versatile Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry
Authors: Claudio J. A. Mota, Bianca Peres Pinto, Ana LĂșcia de Lima
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59375-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59374-6Published: 29 June 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86611-6Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59375-3Published: 15 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 110
Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy, Environmental Chemistry, Biotechnology