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ReviewBiotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2020

Valorisation of crude glycerol to value-added products: Perspectives of process technology, economics and environmental issues.

Jaspreet Kaur, Anil Kumar Sarma, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Poonam Gera

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Review in Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 213 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jaspreet KaurDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Anil Kumar SarmaChemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (An Autonomous Institute of MNRE Government of India), Kapurthala, Punjab, India.
Mithilesh Kumar JhaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Poonam GeraDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar · INGovernment of India · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enormous production of glycerol, a waste stream from biodiesel industries, as a low-value product has been causing a threat to both the environment and the economy. Therefore, it needs to be transformed effectively and efficiently into valued products for contributing positively towards the biodiesel economy. It can either be converted directly into competent chemicals or can be used as a feedstock/precursor for deriving valuable derivatives. In this review article, a technical evaluation has been stirred up, various factors and technologies used for producing value-added products from crude glycerol, Environmental and economic aspects of different conversion routes, cost factors and challenges of integration of the different routes for biorefinery have been reviewed and elaborated. There are tremendous environmental benefits in the conversion of crude glycerol via the biochemical route, the product and residue become eco-friendly. However, chemical conversions are faster processes, and economically viable if environmental aspects are partially ignored.

Indexed as

Conversion routeCrude glycerolEconomic aspectsEnvironmental benefits and limitationsValue-added products

Identifiers

PMID32642454
PMCPMC7334398
OpenAlexW3034377889

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