Conversion of residues and by-products from the biodiesel industry into value-added products

Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Plácido, Jersson ^a   Capareda, Sergio ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biodiesel washing wastewaters; Fermentation; Thermal conversion; Waste glycerol

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; METADATA; WASHING;

BIODIESEL INDUSTRY; BIODIESEL WASHING WASTEWATER; BIODIESEL WASHINGS; ECONOMIC CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; THERMAL CONVERSION; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS; WASHING WASTEWATER; WASTE GLYCEROLS;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 85042801590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21974365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40643-016-0100-1     Document Type: Review

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