Title:
Screening of Different Feedstock for Biodiesel Production by Process Simulation
Author(s):
Blasi, A., Viola, E., Zimbardi, F.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
A basic step in addressing the production of biodiesel is the choice of the feedstock to be used. The use of waste has several advantages: a lower cost of the product; the use of renewable sources contributes reduce CO2 emissions; disposal costs avoid. In this view, a comparative analysis, by using ChemCad software, has been performed in order to evaluate different oil source potentiality to produce biodiesel using acid heterogeneous catalysis. The same analysis has been carried out about fried oil as triglycerides source in order to establish if this waste could be an effective solution to supply fuel lack. Different continuous process configurations have been tested in order to evaluate the best option for an industrial scale up. Performed simulation shows that corn seed oil is the best raw material to produce biodiesel respect to sunflower and olive oil, because of highest yields and easiest reaction condition required. Interesting results has been found for fried oils in fact, by using acid catalyst, they show a biodiesel yield close to vegetable oil biodiesel production, denoting in this way an effective possibility to find an economic optimization for biodiesel production.
Keywords:
biodiesel, catalysis, modelling, transesterification
Topic:
Processes for Fuels from Biomass
Subtopic:
Production and supply of first generation liquid biofuels
Event:
19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
VP3.3.18
Pages:
2082 - 2087
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-55-4
ISBN-10:
88-89407-55-7
Paper DOI:
10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-VP3.3.18
Price:
FREE
