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Study shows potential for sustainable azelaic acid production from vegetable oils

Azelaic acid is a renewable monomer used in the production of lubricants, polymers, and skincare. While conventionally ...
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Characterizing the potential for sustainable azelaic acid production from high-oleic vegetable oil using two-step oxidative cleavage

Researchers developed a biorefinery model in BioSTEAM to evaluate industrial-grade azelaic acid production from high-oleic soybean oil using the two-step oxidative cleavage (TSOC) process. The modeled ...
The Conversation

Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you more

Serge Wich is a professor at Liverpool John Moores University. He receives funding from United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Congo Basin Impact ...
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Vegetable oil in an engine? The results are in

Home mechanics have been pouring vegetable oil into engines for years, sometimes in the fuel tank, sometimes straight into ...