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Microbial Conversion of Waste Glycerol from Biodiesel Production into Value-Added Products Public Deposited

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  • Biodiesel has gained a significant amount of attention over the past decade as an environmentally friendly fuel that is capable of being utilized by a conventional diesel engine. However, the biodiesel production process generates glycerol-containing waste streams which have become a disposal issue for biodiesel plants and generated a surplus of glycerol. A value-added opportunity is needed in order to compensate for disposal-associated costs. Microbial conversions from glycerol to valuable chemicals performed by various bacteria, yeast, fungi, and microalgae are discussed in this review paper, as well as the possibility of extending these conversions to microbial electrochemical technologies.
  • KEYWORDS: lactic acid, microbial conversion, citric acid, microbial electrochemical technologies, ethanol, biodiesel waste glycerol, 1,3-propanediol, hydrogen
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  • Li, C., Lesnik, K. L., Liu, H. (2013). Microbial Conversion of Waste Glycerol from Biodiesel Production into Value-Added Products. Energies, 6(9), 4739-4768. doi:10.3390/en6094739
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  • The authors would like to acknowledge support from the USA National Science Foundation(CBET 0955124).
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