Bio-diesel

Biodiesel produced as Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) derived by transesterification of fats with methanol is a consolidated technology widely adopted around the world to process Vegetable oils as Soyabean, rapeseed or palm to produce 1st generation Biofuels. Nowadays considering the limitation introduced by the RED II directive (1st generation biofuels limited at 2020 consumption level, High ILUC risk biofuels limited at 2019 level and phase out from 2023-2030), the use of the FAME technologies must be revised and adapted to be suitable to process with efficiency the double counting raw materials and advanced raw materials. NextChem forecast, in the EU area, is looking at the HVO technology as preferred in the challenge. In any case NextChem is not forgetting that the 1st generation Biofuels is still the major actor in SEA countries and is rising in South America by the opportunity of low price and huge production of Palm Oil and Soyabean oil. Being NextChem mission to be present worldwide to provide state-of-the-art technologies, an improved and optimized trans-esterification process for the 1st gen biodiesel production has been successfully developed and is available to be marketable. Product quality, optimization of the utility consumption and optimization of the footprint to reduce land use, have been the guidelines adopted to design a 1st gen Biodiesel production process. This is eligible to be considered, at the state of the art, for the dedicated technology, among the several process configurations proposed worldwide.