Method of biobased chemical production from crude bioglycerin

A method for biorefining, comprising the steps of:

• providing bioglycerin;
• treating said bioglycerin to provide treated bioglycerin;
• and
• using waste product from said treated bioglycerin to produce energy.

A method of biorefining, comprising the steps of:

• providing bioglycerin as a by-product of biodiesel production;
• treating said bioglycerin to provide at least one bioglycerin of purified bioglycerin and treated bioglycerin;
• treating said bioglycerin to provide treated bioglycerin comprising at least one treatment of desalination treatment, decolorization treatment, and concentration treatment.
• treating said bioglycerin to provide desalinated bioglycerin using an ion exchange treatment in at least one condition of a batch flow condition and continuous flow condition;
• treating said bioglycerin to provide decolorized bioglycerin using activated charcoal in at least one condition of a batch flow condition and a continuous flow condition;
• treating said bioglycerin to provide concentrated bioglycerin using an evaporation or distillation process in at least one condition of a batch flow condition and a continuous flow condition;
• treating said bioglycerin with said activated charcoal;
• treating said bioglycerin to provide decolorized bioglycerin using activated charcoal in at least one condition of a batch flow condition and continuous flow condition;
• treating said bioglycerin to provide concentrated bioglycerin using at least one of an evaporation process and distillation process in at least one condition of a batch flow condition and continuous flow condition;
• producing at least one derivative product from said treated bioglycerin by at least one process of a chemical process, biological process, catalytic process, and a pyrolytic process;
• recovering and recycling said water, said organic solvent, and said ion exchange resin from said desalination process;
• recovering said salt from said desalination process;
• recovering and recycling said solvent from said decolorization process;
• recovering and recycling said water from said concentration process;
• recovering and recycling said alcohol from said concentration process;
• recovering said treated bioglycerin, wherein said bioglycerin has a weight, said treated bioglycerin has a weight, and said weight of treated bioglycerin is greater than 80% of said weight of bioglycerin;
• reducing a waste product of said treated bioglycerin, wherein said treated bioglycerin has a weight, and said waste product of said treated bioglycerin is less than 60% of said desalinated bioglycerin weight;
• producing energy from said waste product of said treated bioglycerin;
• functionalizing said bioglycerin and said treated bioglycerin prior to production of at least one of said derivative product;
• and
• producing a plurality of said derivative products comprising purified glycerin and glycerin derivatives, C2/C3 alcohols, C2/C3 diols, C2/C3 aldehydes/ketones, C2/C3 carboxylic acids, C5/C6 polyols and polyol derivatives, glycidol and glycidyl derivatives, glyceraldehyde and glycerin derivatives, and epihalohydrins from said bioglycerin and said treated bioglycerin from said treated bioglycerin.