Development of New Technology and Equipment for Production of BIODIESEL

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• Development of New Technology and Equipment for
  Production of BIODIESEL

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General information about Biodiesel

• Biodiesel is an alternative diesel fuel
• Advantages of Biodiesel
• Reproducible raw materials
• Independence from oil and natural gas
• Will allow to meet the requirements of Euro IV
  standards (decrease of ??2 , sulfur, and aromatic
  in exhausts)
• Non-toxic, biodegradable
• High lubricity
• In 2004 the world output of oil-yielding crops is
  expected to be 357.5 million tons

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World Production Capacity Biodiesel
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Flow diagram for Biodiesel production
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Cost savings Production
Vegetable oil cost Rapeseed 500 /ton Soybean
450 /ton
Biodiesel cost Europe 630 /ton USA 660
/ton

• Decrease in value of raw materials (cost of
  refined vegetable oil is higher than the cost of
  crude vegetable oil by 20-25 )
• Simplification of the process flow diagram and
  decrease of operating costs

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Ways to Decrease Production Expense

• Alteration of the technology
• Use acid catalyst instead of base one
• Increase the process temperature
• Formation of local surplus of alcohol in the
  reaction zone
• Expected Advantages
• Lowering the requirements to the quality of feed
  stocks (using crude vegetable oil)
• Simplification of the separation stage and
  excluding the process of soap washing
• Reduction in amount of production equipment
• Increase the process rate
• Elimination the stages of alcohol stripping

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Flow diagram for proposed Biodiesel production
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Proposed technological flow diagram for
Biodiesel production
1 reactor 2, 3, 4 heat exchanger 5 separator 6,
7, 8 raw material tank
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Stages of the Design Process
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Conclusions

• Development of the proposed technology will
  allow
• To extend sources of raw materials to apply
  both unrefined vegetable oil and waste vegetable
  oil
• To lower capital expenditure for building of new
  plants due to simplification of the technology
• To lower operations costs due to reduction of
  resources consumption and waste quantity
• Expected result cost saving by 15-20

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International cooperation
Collaborators

• Prof. R. Bruce Eldridge Head of the Separation
  Research Program, University of Texas, Austin,
  USA
• Ph.D. A. Frank Seibert Manager of the Separation
  Research Program, University of Texas, Austin,
  USA

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Contact Information

• Alexander Torubarov, Ph.D.
• State Scientific and Research Institute of
  Organic Chemistry and Technology (GosNIIOKhT)
• E-mail demprog_at_com2com.ru
• Phone[phone]
• Fax [phone]

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