In 2004, the United States consumed 140 billion gallons of gasoline and 40 billion gallons of diesel for on-road transportation (Annual Energy Outlook, 2007; http://www.eia.doe.gov/oifa/aeo/). In an effort to reduce dependence on petroleum-based fuel products and reduce their negative impact on the environment (Hill et al., 2006), production of biofuels from renewable energy sources has experie...

Current industrial methods of biodiesel production lead to an excess crude glycerin which requires costly purification before commercialization. Production oxygenated fuel additives is a potential route for valorization. Glycerin acetylation was carried out over heterogeneous acid catalysts (15%, glycerol weight basis) using glacial acetic (molar ratio = 9). The catalysts, containing different ...