Mario Pagliaro & Michele Rossi 
The Future of Glycerol 

By-products of global biodiesel manufacturing are a modern day global fact responsible for igniting a number of year’s worldwide intense research activity into human chemical ingenuity. This fully updated and revised 2nd edition depicts how practical limitations posed by glycerol chemistry are solved based on the understanding of the fundamental chemistry of glycerol and by application of catalysis science and technology. The authors report and comment on employable, practical avenues applicable to convert glycerol into value added products of mass consumption. This book is the best-selling reference book in the field. The highly anticipated 2nd Edition is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding whether biodiesel and glycerol refineries are convenient and economically sound.

Inhoudsopgave

Glycerol: Properties and Production; Reforming; Selective Reduction; Chlorination; Dehydration; Etherification; Esterification; Selective Oxidation; Bioglycerol in the Construction Industry; Sustainability of Bioglycerol.

Over de auteur

Professor Rossi is a chemistry professor at the University of Milan. His scientific activity – documented by some 160 scientific papers and several patents – currently deals with catalysis for fine chemicals synthesis and recently resulted in the discovery of the surprising catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles in liquid phase oxidation of organic compounds.