Ibrahim Aris Mohammed
Converting glycerol to polyglycerol in biodiesel production.
Email: i.a.mohammed2@ncl.ac.uk
Supervisors
Project description
Using conventional processes, biodiesel production generates a glycerol-rich co-product. There is currently a large worldwide surplus of this co-product. It is of low value because of its low quality (due to the high levels of impurity present) and oversupply.
I am developing a process to convert the glycerol into polyglycerol, a higher value product, in situ. In principle, this could improve the economics of biodiesel production.
The improvement would not only be via the increased co-product value, but also by reducing the methanol requirement of the process. This would reduce the load on the distillation column (used to recycle the methanol).
Interests
Process intensification of renewable energy
Qualifications
- BEng Chemical Engineering
- MEng Chemical Engineering