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The Future of Glycerol (Hardcover, 2nd New edition)
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The Future of Glycerol (Hardcover, 2nd New edition)
Series: Green Chemistry Series, Volume 8
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By-products of global biodiesel manufacturing are a global fact and
the immense amount of glycerol by-product stacking unsold until mid
2005 gave a visual image of the huge loss of energy and material
resources. This was due to the lack of suitable conversion
processes for this, the oldest organic molecule known to man,
despite various experiments by some biodiesel producers. The large
surplus of glycerol by-product which entered the chemical market
has caused closure of existing glycerol plants and the discovery of
processes that use glycerol as a raw material for the production of
value-added chemicals and even of energy. This was followed by 3-4
years of intense research activity worldwide, where human chemical
ingenuity opened up a number of practical avenues to convert
glycerol into value added products of mass consumption. For
instance, the batteries of your laptop and iPod, as well as your
car's antifreeze will soon be based on glycerol, the same sweet
viscous substance currently present in soaps. Reporting and
commenting on such achievements this book aims to inform chemistry
professionals, including managers and technologists, on the large
potential of glycerol as versatile biofeedstock for the production
of a variety of chemicals, polymers and fuels. Whilst filling a gap
in the current literature, this nicely illustrated book is written
in a clear, concise style and presents the numerous uses of
glycerol as a new raw material which are starting to have an impact
on industry worldwide. Elucidation of the principles governing the
new chemistry of glycerol goes along with updated industrial
information that is generally difficult to retrieve. Through its 10
chapters, the monograph tells the story of a chemical success --
that of converting glycerol into value added products -- and
highlight the principles that made it possible. Whether as solvent,
antifreeze, detergent, monomer for textiles or drug, new catalytic
conversions of glycerol have been discovered that are finding
application for the synthesis of products whose use range from
everyday life to the fine chemical industry. Readers are also shown
how a number of practical limitations posed by glycerol chemistry,
such as the low selectivity encountered employing traditional
stoichiometric and older catalytic conversions, were actually
solved based on the understanding of the fundamental chemistry of
glycerol and by application of catalysis science and technology.
Readers also find a thorough discussion on the sustainability
issues of bioglycerol production covering societal, environmental
and economic dimensions to reflect the needs of politicians and
citizens of today who require cross border research. By explaining
the advantages and problems as well as offering solutions the book
aids understanding as to whether biodiesel and glycerol refineries
are convenient and economically sound. Chemical research on
glycerol has shown that given a strong economic input, chemists are
able to rapidly devise a whole set of new upgrading processes for
the biorefinery and that the latter integrated unity for production
energy and chemicals is not just dream of environmentally-minded
scientists but an inevitable reality of today. Due to the ever
decreasing energy return on energy invested, global society is
being forced to switch from fossil to renewable fuels until cheap
and abundant energy of solar origin becomes a reality. In this
evolution, biofuels, particularly biodiesel, will certainly play a
role and therefore, glycerol will be a key raw material for the
biorefinery for many years to come. The book's users include
industry's top managers and management consultants and also R&D
and marketing managers. Along with technical content of a high
quality, this is also a strategic book for top managers of the
chemical, biofuel, oleochemical and detergent industries.
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