(Notícia em Inglês)
In Spain, Universitat Juame researchers have developed a process to turn biodiesel waste into yet more valuable products. Any industrial process produces waste – including biodiesel. One such product is glycerine. The UJI Organic Synthesis research group has demonstrated a process to turn glycerine into glycerol carbonate which is used for processes involved in a range of products from cosmetics to plastics.
Professor Miguel Carda states that biodiesel and glycerine are produced in similar amounts when vegetable oils are used. The new process the glycerol carbonate is produced surpasses purities of existing supplies.
In Spain, Universitat Juame researchers have developed a process to turn biodiesel waste into yet more valuable products. Any industrial process produces waste – including biodiesel. One such product is glycerine. The UJI Organic Synthesis research group has demonstrated a process to turn glycerine into glycerol carbonate which is used for processes involved in a range of products from cosmetics to plastics.
Professor Miguel Carda states that biodiesel and glycerine are produced in similar amounts when vegetable oils are used. The new process the glycerol carbonate is produced surpasses purities of existing supplies.