The ever increasing industrial production of commodity and specialty chemicals inexorably
depletes the finite primary fossil resources available on Earth. The forecast of population …

The significant surge in biodiesel production by transesterification of edible or non-edible
oils have caused surplus of glycerol in the market. With its characteristics, unique structure …

Catalytic dehydration is one of the possible reactions to valorize the large amounts of
glycerol yielding from the transesterification process. Thus, since the biodiesel boom in 2004 …

The role of Lewis and Brønsted sites in the dehydration of glycerol on niobium oxide and
Na+-exchanged niobium oxide is investigated using FTIR spectroscopy supported by DFT …

Due to the discoveries of large reserves of oil and gas in unconventional reservoirs, the
production of natural gas (NG) has increased significantly, becoming a component of the …

The valuable products produced from glycerol transformation have become a research route
that attracted considerable benefits owing to their huge volumes in recent decades (as a …

The effects of the crystal phases of ZrO 2 in the Pt–WO x/ZrO 2 catalysts on glycerol
hydrogenolysis to 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-PDO) were comparatively studied. Pt and WO x …

Selective dehydration of glycerol, a byproduct from the biodiesel industry, on solid acids is
an important reaction in the production of the value-added chemical acrolein for economic …

Abstract Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 3-propanediol was conducted over zirconia
supported bifunctional catalysts containing Pt and heteropolyacids using H 4 SiW 12 O 40 …

Uniform temperature distribution within solid catalyst particles is important to achieving low
coke formation in a high-temperature reaction. However, the issue of uneven temperature …