Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 239, Issue -, Pages 507-517Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.056
Keywords
Crude glycerol; Value added products; Metabolic engineering; Process strategies
Funding
- European Commission Seventh Framework Programme, Marie Curie Actions International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (BIOASSORT) [318931]
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi through DST-INSPIRE fellowship scheme
- Department of Biotechnology under DBT Bio-CARe scheme
- Department of Biotechnology under DBT Research Associateship programme
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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One of the major ecological concerns associated with biodiesel production is the generation of waste/crude glycerol during the trans-esterification process. Purification of this crude glycerol is not economically viable. In this context, the development of an efficient and economically viable strategy would be biotransformation reactions converting the biodiesel derived crude glycerol into value added chemicals. Hence the process ensures the sustainability and waste management in biodiesel industry, paving a path to integrated biorefineries. This review addresses a waste to wealth approach for utilization of crude glycerol in the production of value added chemicals, current trends, challenges, future perspectives, metabolic approaches and the genetic tools developed for the improved synthesis over wild type microorganisms were described. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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