Biofuels

Biodiesel Process Engineering

We provide engineering services for the development, optimization and implementation of biodiesel production systems using a range of feedstocks including virgin vegetable oils, used cooking oils and other suitable lipid resources.

Executive Description

We provide engineering services for the development, optimization and implementation of biodiesel production systems using a range of feedstocks including virgin vegetable oils, used cooking oils and other suitable lipid resources.

Our services cover feedstock assessment, process selection, mass and energy balances, reactor design, separation and purification, methanol recovery, glycerol management, quality control and plant optimization.

Scope of Services

  • Feedstock assessment and process selection
  • Mass and energy balance development
  • Reactor design and separation/purification
  • Methanol recovery and glycerol management
  • Quality control and plant optimization

Engineering Methodology

Process routes are selected against the feedstock actually available to the client — virgin oil, used cooking oil or other lipid streams behave differently through transesterification — rather than defaulting to a single standard flow sheet.

Deliverables

  • Process design package
  • Mass and energy balance
  • Reactor and separation train specification
  • Quality control plan

Applications

Virgin vegetable oil feedstocksUsed cooking oil (UCO) feedstocksGlycerol co-product management

Industries Served

BiofuelsAgriculture & Agro-ProcessingWaste-to-Fuel

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