A glycerol derived material
AssigneeBio-Energy Ingredients Limited
InventorsRichard Alwyn Houseman, Abraham Christo Venter
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Abstract
A method of producing a solid glycerol derived material includes the steps of combining glycerol with a metal oxide, the glycerol having a water content of between about 5 and 50%, and the rate of combination of the glycerol and the metal oxide and the amount of the metal oxide being selected so that at least part of the water present in the glycerol reacts with the metal oxide in an exothermic reaction and at least part is driven off by heat produced in the exothermic reaction to produce the solid glycerol derived material.
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A method of producing a solid glycerol derived material, the method including the step of combining wet glycerol produced as a by-product of the production of bio-diesel or from a source of wet glycerol with a metal oxide, the metal oxide optionally containing a metal hydroxide, the glycerol having a water content of between 5 and 50%, and the molar ratio of the metal oxide to the water being between 0.1 and 10 so that an exothermic reaction is produced in which at least part of the water present in the glycerol reacts with the metal oxide in the exothermic reaction and at least part is driven off by heat produced in the exothermic reaction to produce the solid glycerol derived material.
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