Title
The Glycerol Challenge
CoPED ID
91719d9d-9aac-48d0-8a91-1a38c89a76ab
Status
Closed
Funders
Value
£1,990,688
Start Date
March 1, 2008
End Date
Feb. 29, 2012
Description
The objective of the project is to develop a chemisty and reactor engineering solution to purify and manufacture sustainable products from the glut of 10% glycerol co-product which accompanies plant oil-derived biodiesel. Viable catalytic routes to key chemical intermediates are a missing key step. The products would be carbon neutral and potentially be a means of actually sequestering CO2. An integrated supply chain which supports the agricultural, chemical and transportation sectors would evolve.
| Cardiff University | LEAD_ORG |
| University of Cambridge | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Scionix Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Vertellus Specialties UK Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Sasol Technology (UK) Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Leek Chemicals Ltd | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Velocys Technologies Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Basf Performance Products Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Imperial College London | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
No people listed.
Subjects by relevance
- Sustainable development
- Product development
- Biomass (industry)
Extracted key phrases
- Key chemical intermediate
- Sustainable product
- Reactor engineering solution
- Glycerol Challenge
- Key step
- Integrated supply chain
- Viable catalytic route
- Carbon neutral
- Glycerol co
- Project
- Plant oil