Biodiesel Plant 30,000 tons/year feedstock

Description

Used Biodiesel Plant, new 2006, shut down 2008, 30,000 tpa feedstock (sunflower, canola), approx. 12,000 tpa biodiesel, 1,200–3,000 tpa glycerol 99%, 18,000 tpa sunflower/canola meal. Comprises the following: seed storage silo, 2 x 2,000 tonnes; pre-treatment line (infeed auger system and bucket elevators; screener, dust collectors), pressing line (1 ripple mill, 1 mill, 1 precooker, 1 screw press, 100 tpd, stainless steel press filter), flake extraction unit (rotary extractor, Bulgarian made, 50 tonnes per hour; meal desolventiser, dryer and cooler, vacuum tank for miscella separation, distillation columns for solvent recovery), transesterification line (methoxide catalyst preparation line, transesterification reactors, glycerol separation tank, filter press), Gianazza glycerol recovery line, 10 tpd (new 1990, initially designed for glycerine recovery from soap lyes). Horizontal storage tanks for biodiesel (200 cubic metres total capacity). Storage tank for oil (500 cubic metres). Boiler, fuelled with husks, charcoal and/or petroleum fuel.