Biological Systems Engineering, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2012

Citation

Published in Biotechnology for Biofuels 2012, 5:13
http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/5/1/13

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© 2012 Yang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Abstract

Biodiesel is a promising alternative, and renewable, fuel. As its production increases, so does production of the principle co-product, crude glycerol. The effective utilization of crude glycerol will contribute to the viability of biodiesel. In this review, composition and quality factors of crude glycerol are discussed. The value-added utilization opportunities of crude glycerol are reviewed. The majority of crude glycerol is used as feedstock for production of other value-added chemicals, followed by animal feeds.

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