BIODIESEL PLANT 20,000 LITRES PER 8 HOUR SHIFT. CURRENTLY INSTALLED AND OPERATING. POLLUTION PREVENTION & CONTROL OPERATING LICENCE HELD. PRODUCING PRODUCT TO STANDARD EN 14214. CAPABLE OF PROCESSING WASTE CATERING OIL OR RAPESEED OIL.
Plant including the following:-
1. Meth-Oxide Mixing Vessel, Gallon Stainless Steel (SS) Pressure Vessel.
2. Meth-Oxide Mixing Pump, 1½ “ SS Diaphragm Pump.
3. Oil Pre Heater, 1900 gallon SS Tank.
4. Main Reactor/Processor, 1200 gallon SS Pressure Vessel.
5. Phase Separation Tank, 1350 gallon SS Pressure Vessel.
6. Centrifuge, self cleaning (split bowl) disk stack centrifuge rated @ 1000 litre per hour complete with control panel.
7. Magnasol Wash Tank, 1350 gallon Pressure Vessel.
8. Magnasol Wash Unit, multiple pressure basket filter pot designed to remove Magnasol Powder from finished diesel.
9. Final Polish Filter, multiple pressure canister/replaceable cartridge filter system to remove traces of moisture/powder particles.
10. Finished Diesel Storage Tank, 6000 gallon Horizontal Tank.
11. Methanol Recover Unit. A purpose built unit comprising 250 gallon Vacuum Vessel, modified to include a four head jet spray system fed by a 1” SS Diaphragm Pump. Mounted above the vessel is a 31 sq.ft. Horizontal Condenser. Vacuum pump rated @ 23m cubed per hour @ 100mbar and Vacuum Vessel. Condensed methanol collected in a Distillate Receiver.
12. Recovered Methanol & By Product Storage IBCs.
13. Feed Stock Oil Storage Tank, self bunded 30m cubed polyethylene vertical storage tank complete with heaters and high level alarm.
14. Feed Stock Filter, Gaf type carbon steel basket filter.
15. Recovered Methanol & By Product Storage IBCs.
16. Centrifugal Pumps, 6 off – 65/40/125 SS Centrifugal Pumps with ATEX rated motors.
17. 150kw Low density electric heating element ATEX approved.
18. Reactor Weighing System, 4 off – 3/1/2 ton shear beam load cells with remote “safe area” display suitable for interfacing with a PLC.
19. PLC Controller.
20. Plant Control Valves, pneumatically operated SS fire safe ball valves to control the various plant functions.
21. Quantity of SS & MS pipework to interconnect all vessels.
22. SS ball valves to isolate all pumps for maintenance.
23. Chemical Hose & Fittings, SS bellows to isolate all rigid pipework from weighed reactor.
24. Level Sensors, high level liquid sensors fitted to all of the main tanks and reactor.
25. Ph Sensor for “on line” monitoring of Ph level of diesel after centrifuge.
26. Level Sensors, high level liquid sensors fitted to all of the main tanks and reactor.
27. Main Control Panel.
28. Pressure Gauges, locally mounted Pressure Gauges on the sealed vessels.
29. Thermostatic Switches, 2 off Temperature Transmitters and trip amplifiers to control the Pre Heater temperature.
30. Temperature Sensors, 5 off locally mounted temperature indicates on ‘Hot’ vessels.
31. Vacuum Dryer, 2 off – 2” SS Mono Pumps driven by a 2.2kw Atex certified electric motor pumping through a 115 gallon SS Vacuum Receiver. An Atex rated vacuum pump for pull vacuum on the vessel to remove any surplus water vapour.
32. Hose Tail Connectors. Quantity of quick release couplings for emergency/maintenance procedures to drain vessels.
33. Inspection Glass. 2 off – In line sight glasses to monitor flow of product through pipework.
34. Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionisation Detection Head and Auto Sampler for analysing finished diesel product to assist quality control.
