Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4997131 | Bioresource Technology | 2017 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
One of the major ecological concerns associated with biodiesel production is the generation of waste/crude glycerol during the trans-esterification process. Purification of this crude glycerol is not economically viable. In this context, the development of an efficient and economically viable strategy would be biotransformation reactions converting the biodiesel derived crude glycerol into value added chemicals. Hence the process ensures the sustainability and waste management in biodiesel industry, paving a path to integrated biorefineries. This review addresses a waste to wealth approach for utilization of crude glycerol in the production of value added chemicals, current trends, challenges, future perspectives, metabolic approaches and the genetic tools developed for the improved synthesis over wild type microorganisms were described.
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Authors
Narisetty Vivek, Raveendran Sindhu, Aravind Madhavan, Alphonsa Jose Anju, Eulogio Castro, Vincenza Faraco, Ashok Pandey, Parameswaran Binod,