Glycerol: The Platform Biochemical of the Chemical Industry

Aimed to professionals in the chemical and oleochemical industries, this digital book answers the three main questions of the bioglycerol issue: - Is glycerol as a platform chemical here to stay? - Which are the glycerol derivatives capable to absorb a significant fraction of the large (and increasing) glycerol global surplus? - What is unique to the glycerin market, and what are the real strategic options of the chemical industry concerning this versatile feedstock? This book provides arguments offering a critical answer to each of the above questions, putting the bioglycerol issue in the context of the biodiesel and oleochemicals markets. Leading practitioners of the oleochemicals industry, researchers and consultants have been interviewed for producing this book. Their comments and unique insight is widely reported therein. The digital and hypertextual nature of the e-book provides readers with a number of advantages that are well suited to the business and technology readership. Instead than full references, the e-book shows links enabling rapid access to updated, reliable information. The e-book is searchable so that the reader can easily search for information of interest, instead of turning page after page. Moreover, readers will be able to carry this book in light portable devices that are perfectly suited, for example, for reading onboard during long airplane business trips.