crude glycerin Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:54:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Glycerin Can Finally Be Used in The Biofuel Production Process https://www.greenoptimistic.com/glycerin-biofuel-production-20100104/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/glycerin-biofuel-production-20100104/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:54:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6044 Glycerin is the most important component in many of the products we use, from soap to cosmetics, foods and pharmaceuticals. We even use it for biofuel production, algae growth and fuel cells. But it seems that in this moment glycerin really represents an issue as the large quantity developed by biofuel refineries cannot be assimilated by the market. The excess glycerin is incinerated on the market or illegally disposed.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/glycerin-biofuel-production-20100104/feed/ 1 6044 Crude Glycerin from Biofuel Production has Great Unexpected Uses https://www.greenoptimistic.com/crude-glycerin-from-biofuel-production-has-great-unexpected-uses-20090730/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/crude-glycerin-from-biofuel-production-has-great-unexpected-uses-20090730/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:43:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4128 Glycerin in its pure form is used to manufacture soap, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and many other products, but the crude glycerin is an impure form that is unsuitable for these products. But what if we could use it putting back biodiesel in its correct position of green alternative power source?

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