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A low-cost method for obtaining high-value bio-based propylene glycol from sugar beet pulp

J. Berlowska,*a   M. Binczarski,b   M. Dudkiewicz,a   H. Kalinowska,c   I. A. Witonskab  and  A. V. Stanishevskyd  

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a Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
E-mail: joanna.berlowska@p.lodz.pl

b Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924, Lodz, Poland

c Institute of Technical Biochemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-924 Lodz, Poland

d Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA

Abstract

A new low-cost pathway for the production of high-value propylene glycol (PG) is proposed. This route of waste biomass utilization employs catalytic reduction of lactic acid obtained from fermented enzymatic digests of sugar beet pulp.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA12839G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Oct 2014
Accepted
26 Nov 2014
First published
02 Dec 2014

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 2299-2304

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A low-cost method for obtaining high-value bio-based propylene glycol from sugar beet pulp

J. Berlowska, M. Binczarski, M. Dudkiewicz, H. Kalinowska, I. A. Witonska and A. V. Stanishevsky, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 2299 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA12839G

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