Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 19, Pages 9304-9307Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.007
Keywords
Flow chemistry; Glycerol; Industrial chemistry; Renewable fuel additive; Sustainable chemistry
Funding
- Flemish Government
- BOF (Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds Universiteit Gent)
- Ghent University
- FWO (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen, Research Foundation - Flanders)
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A new fuel additive, namely solketal tert-butyl ether (STBE), was developed and optimized under continuous flow conditions using a Corning (R) Advanced-Flown (TM) glass reactor. STBE was obtained in two steps from glycerol, a renewable building-block produced in large amount in the processing of biodiesel. The advantages of the highly engineered Corning glass reactor included high mixing and heat-exchange efficiency, chemical resistance under corrosive flow conditions and a small hold-up. A robust, continuous, green and safe industrial-scale process is described. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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