Description
Glycerol: The Renewable
Platform Chemical provides a valuable overview of the
glycerol market, including industrial applications and sustainable
production of glycerol.
The book describes glycerol, also known as glycerine, and its
chemical derivatives, especially the new bioglycerol-derived products.
The monograph also discusses how the industrial use of glycerol as raw
material for producing commodity chemicals depends on broader scope and
lower cost of the catalytic process used to convert glycerol of varying
purity grades into valued monomers.
The
book features new processes, such as low cost and biocompatible
glycerol polymers as a major alternative to the conventional polymers,
with the first practical applications now emerging in the biomedical
and patient care markets. It includes new chapters on the glycerol market, glycerol polymers, the
use of glycerol in the cement and construction industries, its use an
antifreeze, and its sustainable production
Readership
Research chemists and chemical engineers, R&D and general managers in the chemical, oleochemical,
biodiesel, biotechnology and cement industries. Students and scholars in the academia.
Table of Contents
- Properties, Applications, History, and Market
- C3-Monomers
- Esters, Ethers, Polyglycerols, and Polyesters
- Antifreeze and Multipurpose Cement Aid
- Glycerol: A Key Platform Chemical of the Forthcoming Bioeconomy
Elsevier
(2017)