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Survey of the Chemical Transformation Progress of Glycerol

YUE Chuanjun*, WANG Li, SU Yang, ZHU Shaoping   

  1. (Chemical Engineering Department,School of Science,Changzhou Institute of
    Technology,Changzhou,Jiangsu 213022,China)
  • Received:2013-04-26 Revised:2013-07-14 Published:2014-04-10 Online:2014-04-10
  • Contact: YUE Chuan-Jun
  • Supported by:

    Supported by Nature Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK2011235), Guiding Project of Education Department of Jiangsu Province(No.08kjd30001), and Nature Science Foundation of Changzhou Institute of Technology(No.YN0907)

Abstract: With the rapid increase in biodiesel production, the utilization of a large surplus glycerol as a byproduct from biodiesel manufacture has become an important topic. Glycerol is a green multifunctional “platform molecule”. Products from the chemical transformation of glycerol through hydrogenolysis(reduction), oxidation, reforming(pyrolysis), dehydration, etherification and some compounds by reacting it with other reagents can replace those based on the petrochemical raw materials. The latest transformation progress of glycerol into other chemical products was reviewed in this article.

Key words: biomass glycerol, catalytic chemical conversion, chemical application, substitute for petrochemical materials

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