100 bbl/Day Biodiesel Production From Waste Cooking Oil Using Cow Bones As Catalyst

Abstract

This plant design report contains the process and design feasibility for producing biodiesel at a rate of 100 bbl/day from waste cooking oil using cow bones as catalysts. The plant can fulfill the 10% of the need for diesel in demand in the city. Our biodiesel is the product of the transesterification process of waste cooking oil in the presence of Methanol and calcined cow bones as catalysts. The basis of the process is the 100 bbl/day biodiesel production. This thesis consists of a chapter on introduction, process selection and description, material balance, energy balance, equipment selection and design, instrumentation, process control, HAZOP analysis, cost estimation, and site selection. A brief process flow sheet can be seen at the beginning of the report. The general form of transesterification reaction is: (Waste Cooking Oil + Methanol) (Glycerin + Biodiesel) Reactor feed contains waste cooking oil, Methanol, and calcined cow bones at 900, ℃ are used as a catalyst to catalyze the reaction for transesterification. The overall conversion of the process is 97%. The reaction is endothermic. A heating water jacket is installed in the reactor to maintain the temperature at 65 ℃, our reaction temperature.