In recent years, biodiesel production has increased considerably because it is an environmentally friendly and renewable alternative diesel fuel. During the production of biodiesel, a large amount of raw glycerol is generated as a by-product in the range of 10% (w/w) of biodiesel production. Biodiesel manufactures are faced with limited options for managing raw glycerol, which may become an environmental problem since it cannot be directly disposed of in the environment. The tremendous increase in the glycerol supply has led to a remarkable drop in its price about 2.5 cents/l b of raw glycerol in 2006, making it attractive to develop novel technical methods using glycerol as a raw material. One of the possible applications is its use as a carbon and energy source for microbial growth in industrial biotechnology. Glycerol can be biologically converted to various chemicals such as 1,3-propanediol, butanol, 2,3-butanediol, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, ethanol, etc. In this talk, biological production of biofuels and chemicals from glycerol will be presented and discussed.
저자
Youngsoon UM [ Clean Energy Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea. ]
한국생물공학회 [The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering]
설립연도
1984
분야
공학>생물공학
소개
이 법인은 생물 공학의 발전과 보급에 이바지하고, 회원 상호 간의 연구 협력과 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다
1. 생물공학 분야의 발전을 위한 연구 협력
2. 생물공학의 실용화를 촉진시키기 위한 산학 협동
3. 학술연구 발표회, 강연회, 연수회 등 학술활동의 개최
4. 국,영문 학술지,소식지,학술회의 Proceedings 및 학술도서의 발간
5. 생물공학 발전을 위한 정책 건의
6. 기타 국제 교류 등 본 학회의 목적 달성을 위한 제반 활동