{"id":103,"date":"2020-05-10T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T07:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicl.it\/new\/?p=103"},"modified":"2020-07-31T17:52:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T15:52:57","slug":"production-of-epichlorohydrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicl.it\/new\/production-of-epichlorohydrin","title":{"rendered":"Production of epichlorohydrin"},"content":{"rendered":"

EPICHLOROHYDRIN PRODUCTION<\/h3>\n

Biodiesel is a mixture of fatty acids methyl esters (FAMEs) obtained by transesterification of triglycerides (oils or fats) with methanol:<\/p>\n

\"\"The reaction also produces glycerin (around 10 Kg of glycerin per 100 Kg of biodiesel). The strong increase in biodiesel production (from 2 million ton in 2004 to 16 million ton in 2009) has produced a glycerin glut with a consequent\u00a0price decreases<\/a><\/b>. Because its low price and its reactivity, the glycerin is now considered as an intersting building block by industry for production of\u00a0several chemical products<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Among the different possible use of glycerol, NICL has studied the\u00a0chlorination of glycerol<\/a><\/b>\u00a0to produce the dichlorohydrin wich is used then to produce\u00a0epichlohydrin<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"This process has been proposed as substituted of the\u00a0propylene chlorination<\/a><\/b>\u00a0classical route .
\nThe production of epichlorohydrin from glycerol is more convinient from\u00a0enviromental<\/a>,<\/b>technical<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0economic<\/a><\/b>\u00a0points of view than the classical route.
\nNICL is among\u00a0the pioneers of Glycerin Chlorination Technology<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and some of the results of its research activities done in collaboration with industrial parteners (ASER, Eurochem Eng., CONSER) have been reported in patent applications and scientific publications.<\/p>\n

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Publications<\/h3>\n

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