Make more with less energy

 

Processes that valorize renewable raw materials

Arkema’s R&D teams are working on the recycling of glycerol, a polyol by-product of biodiesel manufacture from plants like rapeseed, sunflower and soya.

 

Glycerol could in some cases replace propylene in the manufacture of acrolein or acrylic acid, two products with countless applications, from pharmaceuticals to animal feed to paper manufacture.