An increase in glycerol production is expected because of the increasing use of fuel additives such as methyl esters. This increase can enhance the importance of glycerol as a cheap raw material for producing value-added products. Future scenarios for worldwide glycerol market will mostly be...

In this work we explore the concept of integrated biorefineries, and we examine alternative schemes for the co-production of biofuels (biodiesel) and chemicals (succinic acid). Four different biorefinery schemes considering the different uses of crude glycerine from the biodiesel process are...