Author/Authors :
Monbaliu، نويسنده , , Jean-Christophe M. and Winter، نويسنده , , Marc and Chevalier، نويسنده , , Bérengère and Schmidt، نويسنده , , Frank and Jiang، نويسنده , , Yi and Hoogendoorn، نويسنده , , Ronald and Kousemaker، نويسنده , , Michiel A. and Stevens، نويسنده , , Christian V.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A new fuel additive, namely solketal tert-butyl ether (STBE), was developed and optimized under continuous flow conditions using a Corning® Advanced-Flow™ glass reactor. STBE was obtained in two steps from glycerol, a renewable building-block produced in large amount in the processing of biodiesel. The advantages of the highly engineered Corning glass reactor included high mixing and heat-exchange efficiency, chemical resistance under corrosive flow conditions and a small hold-up. A robust, continuous, green and safe industrial-scale process is described.
Keywords :
Flow chemistry , Industrial chemistry , Renewable fuel additive , Sustainable chemistry , Glycerol
