Course: BFM 202 Biodiesel Production

Lecture

Conclusions
Credits
BFM 202 Biodiesel Production Unit 1 Reading has been adapted from "ENGY 131 Unit 1 Commentary: What is biodiesel?" by Southeastern Illinois College.

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Conclusions

Biodiesel is an important alternative transportation fuel. It can be
produced from vegetable oil or animal fat feedstocks. Conventional
processing involves an alkali-catalyzed process, however this won't work
for lower cost feedstock with a high percentage of free fatty acid since
it causes soap to form.

Pretreatment uses an acid catalysts provides good conversion yields and
high-quality final products. These techniques are used to produce
biodiesel from feedstocks like soapstock.