Glycerol Technology by Rohm and Haas, Novasep

Rohm and Haas, a US specialty chemical company has struck a deal with Novasep to market and sell a new biotechnology that will purify crude glycerol, a by-product from biodiesel processing. The technology purifies crude glycerol through a separation processes developed by Novasep and Ambersep BD50, a resin produced by Rohm and Haas. The technology would be able to reduce the production cost significantly unlike the conventional purification process through distillation.

Currently, there is an abundance of crude glycerol available at disposal due to the rapid growth of biodiesel production. Rohm & Haas and Novasep most likely will license the glycerol purification technology in late 2008 or 2009.