Biodiesel is looked to as an alternative to fossil fuels. With an ever increasing production of biodiesel comes a byproduct of glycerol. Due to the amount of glycerol being produced, it is no longer a commodity. This report looks into changing glycerol into a higher valued chemical, dihydroxyacetone as to incentivize industry to continue increasing production of biodiesel. This was achieved by the catalytic oxidation of glycerol using a palladium catalyst under aerobic conditions.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Chin, Michael

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043015-115627

Advisor

• Emmert, Marion H

Year

• 2015

Date created

• 2015-04-30

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright