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Four isomeric mixtures of glycerol ethers (GMME\u2014monomethyl; GDME\u2014dimethyl; GMEE\u2014monoethyl; GDEE\u2014diethyl) were synthesized from epichlorohydrin and methanol\/ethanol in the presence of sodium and subjected to detailed characterization as pure compounds and as aqueous solutions (30\u201390 vol%). The temperature and concentration dependencies of density, viscosity, cloud point, boiling range, specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and rubber swelling were obtained. On the basis of the data obtained, a comparison was made between the aqueous solutions of glycerol ethers and of other common bases for low-melting liquids (glycerol, ethylene glycol, and propylene glycol). Pure glycerol ethers could potentially be used as technical fluids in a very wide temperature range\u2014from \u2212114 to 150 \u00b0C. It was further demonstrated that in low temperature applications (e.g., in low-temperature chiller systems) the glycerol-ether-based aqueous heat transfer fluids could provide enhanced efficiency when compared to the glycerol- or propylene-glycol-based ones due to their lower viscosities and favorable environmental properties.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules28227483","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,9]],"date-time":"2023-11-09T03:42:40Z","timestamp":1699501360000},"page":"7483","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Methyl and Ethyl Ethers of Glycerol as Potential Green Low-Melting Technical Fluids"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2455-8765","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vadim","family":"Samoilov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4394-6950","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vladimir","family":"Lavrentev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1588-3486","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Madina","family":"Sultanova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6281-8858","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dzhamalutdin","family":"Ramazanov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7777-5267","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrey","family":"Kozhevnikov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4349-5296","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Georgiy","family":"Shandryuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9054-0905","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mariia","family":"Kniazeva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9297-4950","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anton","family":"Maximov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2017, August 14). 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