Desind an operation of pilot plant production of biodisel fron frying oils ; Diseño y Operación de Planta Piloto para la Producción de Biodiesel a Partir de Aceites de Freido

The objective of this article is present the pilot plant used in the research titled: Production of biodiesel from used edible oils to industrial level for the production of methyl or ethyl esters from vegetable oils used in the food industry that be used as a fuel in diesel engines type, in order to generate alternative use for these oils are reused, and additionally, generate new options in biofuels that can replace methyl ester, since these need of methanol, a product that usually is a derived petrochemical and highly toxic. In this small-scale plant for the production of ethyl esters (biodiesel) can be evaluated spent oils of different kinds and diverse origin, or study oils from food industries, which are usually a blend of palm oil and soybean oil, and other times palm oils hydrogenated or mixtures of oil spent with palm oil refning RBD (refned, bleached and deodorized). The results are the basis for the design and construction of a pilot plant to produce biodiesel by lot of 6 liter by hour approximately, which is evaluated under simulated conditions of loading and operation. It was designed and implemented a batch reactor with heating and stirring mechanics, drivers with temperature, condensation and total alcohol refux, maintaining a molar relationship of 6:1 (alcohol/oil), which is considered the best relation for a esterification with basic catalysis several scientifc publications. The temperature of the reaction is set at 60 °C and atmospheric pressure. The productivity of the reaction ; El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una innovación tecnológica a pequeña escala de una planta piloto cuyo objetivo es la producción de ésteres etílicos o metílicos a partir de aceites egetales utilizados en la industria alimentaría para ser empleados como combustible en motores tipo Diesel y, de esta manera, generar alternativas de uso para dichos aceites reutilizados y, adicionalmente, generar nuevas opciones en biocombustibles que puedan reemplazar a los ésteres metílicos, ya que estos requieren para su ...