SBIR Phase II: Conversion of Biodiesel Glycerol to Xylitol Co-Product

Information

• NSF Award
• 1026787

Owner

• zuChem, Inc.

• Award Id

  1026787

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/2010 - 14 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/2013 - 11 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 615,917.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This SBIR Phase II project will develop a method to convert the byproduct glycerol to a value-added co-product, xylitol, thereby helping to reduce the costs associated with biodiesel production. The anticipated result is a scalable process capable of converting crude glycerol to xylitol in a single step bioreactor process and a demonstrated method for recovery of the value-added product.<br/><br/>The broader impact/commercial potential of the project will be to further biodiesel as a replacement for petrochemical diesel. Converting the main by-product of biodiesel production, glycerol, to a value-added product would improve the economics of biodiesel, while removing a waste stream and providing a reduction in price of the co-product. Xylitol itself also has beneficial societal impacts including anti-carcinogenic effects as a safe sweetener for diabetics, and it does not promote new cases of diabetes as some sweeteners are suspected of doing.

• Program Officer

  Prakash Balan

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/29/2010 - 14 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  8/23/2012 - 12 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  zuChem, Inc.

• City

  Chicago

• State

  IL

• Country

  United States

• Address

  2225 W Harrison St

• Postal Code

  606124671

• Phone Number

  3129972150

• First Name

  Ryan

• Last Name

  Woodyer

• Email Address

  rwoodyer@zuchem.com

• Start Date

  8/29/2010 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  12/15/2010

• First Name

  Michael

• Last Name

  Racine

• Email Address

  miker@zuchem.com

• Start Date

  12/15/2010 12:00:00 AM