INVESTIGADORES
COMELLI Raul Alberto
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Glycerol as Raw Material to a Biorefinery. (BC-15)
Autor/es:
PROMANCIO, EZEQUIEL; GUSE, LEONARDO; TULER, FERNANDO; FERRARI, LISANDRO; GARCÍA TOUZA, DIEGO; CASAS, CARLOS; COMELLI, RAÚL A.
Lugar:
Santa Fe
Reunión:
Workshop; French Argentinean Workshop on Heterogeneous Catalysis; 2023
Institución organizadora:
INCAPE
Resumen:
Argentine has an installed capacity of 4.0 Mt/y of biodiesel, being 82% located in the Province of Santa Fe. The biodiesel process also produces glycerol, about 10wt.% of the total product; consequently, 0.4 Mt/y of glycerol would be available, being 0.2 Mt/y the USP grade glycerol capacity which is mainly to export. Glycerol can be considered as the coproduct in the biodiesel process, and it could be fed as raw material to a biorefinery. Selective oxidations of glycerol in liquid phase to dihydroxyacetone (DHA) and lactic acid, selective reductions of glycerol in gas phase to propylene glycol (PG) and/or ethylene glycol (EG), and the steam reforming of glycerol to hydrogen (H2) or syngas (hydrogen plus carbon monoxide), were studied to produce those added-value chemicals and energetic compounds and also to show a possible integration of processes into a biorefinery framework.
