title: Effective production of the biodiesel additive STBE by a continuous flow process.
abstract: A new fuel additive, namely solketal tert-butyl ether (STBE), was developed and optimized under continuous flow conditions using a Corning® Advanced-Flow™ glass reactor. STBE was obtained in two steps from glycerol, a renewable building-block produced in large amount in the processing of biodiesel. The advantages of the highly engineered Corning glass reactor included high mixing and heat-exchange efficiency, chemical resistance under corrosive flow conditions and a small hold-up. A robust, continuous, green and safe industrial-scale process is described.
authors.affiliation: SynBioC Research Group, Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Monbaliu
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: Bérengère
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoogendoorn
authors.forename: Michiel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kousemaker
authors.forename: Christian V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels / Q000032:analysis*; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005990:Glycerol / Q000737:chemistry; D005995:Glyceryl Ethers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D005995:Glyceryl Ethers; D005990:Glycerol