Fatty acid
LIPICO
Re-Esterification Process
LIPICO Bioenergy Pte Ltd Glycerol
Re-Esterification:
1 Process Applications
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Re-Esterification with PFAD Feedstock
Complete Integration into Biodiesel Plant
Crude Fats/Oils
Pre-Treatment
Fatty Acid Distillate Pretreated Oil
Re-Esterification
Biodiesel
Biodiesel
Production
Slop Fatty Acid
Crude Glycerine
Glycerine
Refined Glycerine
Refining
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Re-Esterification :
2 Chemistry
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Re-Esterification Reaction
Reaction Chemistry
Fatty Acid H H OH
OH Fatty Acid
Glycerol
Glycerol
Fatty Acid H OH Fatty Acid H OH
OH Fatty Acid
Fatty Acid H H OH
Fatty Acid + Glycerol Oil + Water
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Re-Esterification Reaction
Re-Esterification Reaction Mechanisms
OH FA
Glycerol
Glycerol
FA H OH OH H OH
OH OH
Fatty Acid + Glycerol MG (Oil) + Water
FA FA
Glycerol
Glycerol
FA H H OH
OH FA
OH OH
Fatty Acid + MG DG (Oil) + Water
FA FA
Glycerol
Glycerol
FA H H OH
FA FA
OH FA
Fatty Acid + DG TG (Oil) + Water
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Re-Esterification Reaction
Process Analogy
OH
OH
OH
GLYCEROL
Glycerol
FA
OH
OH
GLYCEROL
Monoglycerides (MG)
FA
OH
FA
GLYCEROL
Diglycerides (DG)
FA
FA
FA
GLYCEROL
MAX = 60 PASSENGERS TOTAL = 20 ROWS
Triglycerides (TG)
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Re-Esterification Reaction
Process Analogy
0.5 hour 1.5 hour 3.0 hour
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Re-Esterification Reaction
Various Routes
Reaction Reaction Type of
Temperature Time Catalyst
No catalyst
1 Auto-Catalytic 200 – 220 C 2 hr – 3 hr
required
Zinc Chloride
2 Solid Catalyst 200 – 220 C 1 hr – 2 hr Or
Zinc Oxide
3 Enzymatic 60 – 70 C 16 – 20 hr Enzyme
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Re-Esterification :
3 Process Technology
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Re-Esterification Process Technology
Basic Design Concept
Fatty Acid
Glycerol
Fatty Acid H Fatty Acid H OH
OH Fatty Acid
Glycerol
Fatty Acid H OH Fatty Acid H OH
Glycerol
Fatty Acid
OH
OH
Fatty Acid H H OH
Fatty Acid
Glycerol
OH
OH
EXCESS OPTIMUM REMOVE
GLYCEROL REACTION
MOISTURE
TEMPERATURE
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Re-Esterification Process Technology
Process Overview
Water
Fatty Acid
FATTY
HEATING COOLING Esterified Oil
ACID
+ HEAT REACTION (with Heat
STRIPPING Recovery) FFA < 0.1%
RECOVERY
Glycerine
FFA
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Re-Esterification Process Technology
Process Flow Diagram
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Re-Esterification Process Technology
Typical Plant Layout
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Re-Esterification Process Technology
Technical Advantages
Optimized heat recovery system
– Heat recovery between cold feedstock (70C) and hot product (220C)
Fast and Complete reaction
– Short reaction time, require less excess glycerol, continuous water removal
“Simple” and Clean process
– Catalyst / enzyme is NOT required in the reaction
Flexible on feedstock quality
- Feedstock (FFA, Moisture), Glycerine (crude 80%, technical or pharma-grade)
Low FFA content and Low Moisture content in final product
- FFA content of <0.1% in re-esterified oil (ready as biodiesel plant feedstock)
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Re-Esterification with PFAD Feedstock
Re-Esterified Oil for Biodiesel Production
Low Boiling High Boiling
Compounds Compounds
Unreacted
FFA+Glycerine
Trans- Methyl
PFAD Re- Distilled
Stripping Esterification Ester Biodiesel
Esterification
Distillation
Glycerine
Glycerine
Distillation
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