Green Diesel from Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil Process Design Study

Tim J. Hilbers; Lisette M.J. Sprakel; Leon B.J. van den Enk; Bart Zaalberg; Henk van den Berg; Louis G.J. van der Ham

doi:10.1002/ceat.201400648

Green Diesel from Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil Process Design Study

Tim J. Hilbers^*, Lisette M.J. Sprakel^*, Leon B.J. van den Enk, Bart Zaalberg, Henk van den Berg, Louis G.J. van der Ham

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Abstract

A systematic approach was applied to study the process of hydrotreating vegetable oils. During the three phases of conceptual, detailed, and final design, unit operations were designed and sized. Modeling of the process was performed with UniSim Design®. Producing green diesel and jet fuel from vegetable oils was found to be technically possible via a flexible process of hydrotreatment. The resulting mass and energy balances indicated high carbon atom and energy yield. An economic evaluation proved that the operational expenses mainly depend on the cost of raw materials. Currently, the margin between crude palm oil and the retail diesel price is too low to operate an economically viable process. However, production and utilization of biofuels is required by international regulations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	651-657
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemical engineering and technology
Volume	38
Issue number	4
Early online date	24 Feb 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201400648
Publication status	Published - Apr 2015

Keywords

Green diesel
Hydrotreating
Process design
Process flexibility
2023 OA procedure

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Green Diesel from Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil Process Design Study

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