Converting waste crude glycerol into butanol economically using ionic liquid extraction

利用离子液体萃取将废粗甘油经济地转化为丁醇

• 批准号: 710392
• 金额: $ 6.53万
• 依托单位: PERA TECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Proof of Concept
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=710392
• 关键词: Converting; waste; crude; glycerol; into

The biodiesel market has grown at a huge rate since 2000, thanks mainly to legislation, risingcosts of fossil fuels and a desire by consumers to become more green and sustainable.However, in recent years, the scrapping of duty incentives and a revision of the RenewableEnergy Directive has put the biodiesel industry under pressure. Producers need to find ways toincrease efficiency and improve margins. The problem is the transesterification process thatconverts oils and fats into biodiesel also yields a by-product of crude glycerol of 10% to 20%output volume. Crude glycerol is classified as a hazardous waste and has little value becauseof oversupply. Our solution is a bioreactor that converts glycerol into a high-value product(butanol) and uses ILs to enable economic recovery so that biodiesel producers can improvetheir margins.

自2000年以来，生物柴油市场一直在高速增长，这主要归功于立法、化石燃料成本上升以及消费者希望变得更加绿色和可持续的愿望。然而，近年来，关税激励措施的取消和可再生能源指令的修订使生物柴油行业面临压力。生产商需要找到提高效率和利润的方法。问题是，将油脂转化为生物柴油的酯交换过程也会产生10%至20%的粗甘油副产品。粗甘油被列为危险废物，由于供应过剩，几乎没有价值。我们的解决方案是一种生物反应器，将甘油转化为高价值产品（丁醇），并使用离子液体实现经济复苏，使生物柴油生产商能够提高利润。