Alternative fuel additives from glycerol by etherification with isobutene: Structure–performance relationships in solid catalysts

• Published in: Fuel processing technology Vol. 138; pp. 780 - 804
• Main Authors: Bozkurt, Özge D., Tunç, F. Meliz, Bağlar, Nur, Çelebi, Serdar, Günbaş, İ. Doğan, Uzun, Alper
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2015
• Subjects: additives; Alternative fuels; Arachis hypogaea; Biodiesel; Catalysis; Catalysts; catalytic activity; Ethers; Fuels; glycerol; Glycerol etherification; Glycerol ethers; Glycerols; Graphene; Heterogeneous catalyst; industry; ion exchange resins; markets; mixing; Oxygenate fuel additive; peanuts; petroleum; porous media; silica; value-added products; zeolites; Heterogeneous catalyst; Oxygenate fuel additive; Glycerol etherification; Glycerol ethers

The expansion of biodiesel industry is expected to introduce over three million tons of glycerol into the market in 2020. Various routes have been proposed to produce glycerol-based value-added products to sustain renewable glycerol and biodiesel industries. One of these routes is the catalytic ethe...