PROGRESS ON POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR GLYCEROL VALORIZATION INTO OXYGENATED FUEL ADDITIVES: A REVIEW

Pradima J, Rajeswari M Kulkarni, Archna

Abstract: Glycerol has tremendous potential to be transformed into highvalue derivatives /functional chemicals. Demand for renewable sources, surplus availability, low cost and lower environmental impact have led to numerous selective processes for glycerol conversion into products for sustainability of bio-diesel industry. Bio-fuel derived platform molecules are in great demand as there is shift from petro-based chemicals to green chemicals and one of the main interests in the recent years is in the production of bio-fuel additives. This paper reviews different techniques and relevant catalysts used for the production of bio-fuel additives from different pathways such as esterification, etherification, acetalization and acetylation.

Keywords: Crude Glycerol, Bio-diesel production, fuel additives, bioremediation, catalysts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0527005