This report presents a cost analysis of Renewable Diesel production from soybean oil. The process examined is a typical hydroprocessing process. In this process, naphtha is generated as by-product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) US Patent 8822744, issued to ExxonMobil in 2014 (2) EP Patent 1693432, issued to Petrobras in 2009 Keywords: Fixed Bed, Hydrogenation, Green Diesel, Hydrogen, Hydrotreatment, Refined Vegetable Oil
This report presents a cost analysis of Renewable Diesel production from soybean oil. The process examined is similar to Neste Oil NExBTL process. In this process, propane is generated as by-product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): Keywords: Fatty Acid Methyl Ester, FAME, Glycerin, Transesterification, Refined Vegetable Oil, Deglycerolization
This report presents a cost analysis of Renewable Diesel production from soybean oil. The process examined is a typical hydroprocessing process. In this process, the Renewable Diesel plant is integrated with a plant for hydrogen production from natural gas. The process generates naphtha as by-product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) US Patent 8822744, issued to ExxonMobil in 2014 (2) EP Patent 1693432, issued to Petrobras in 2009 Keywords: Fixed Bed, Hydrogenation, Green Diesel, Hydrotreatment, Refined Vegetable Oil
This report presents a cost analysis of Biodiesel production from soybean oil. The process examined is similar to Connemann process. In this process, the obtained crude glycerol is purified, generating pharmaceutical grade glycerol as by-product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) EP Patent 0562504, issued to Connemann in 1995 (2) WO Patent 2007113530, issued to Greenergy Biofuels in 2007 Keywords: Fatty Acid Methyl Ester, FAME, Glycerin, Transesterification, Refined Vegetable Oil, Deglycerolization
This book covers the entire spectrum of green diesel and their applications in existing CI engines. This book discusses how a green diesel is a better fuel than biodiesel and petrodiesel and more suitable fuels for sustainable future development. The book begins with a concise overview of the fundamentals of the green diesel properties, preparation, and characterization of green diesel using hydroprocessing technology. The book covers recent developments in the domain of green diesel derived particularly from the second-/third-generation feedstocks. Various topics covered in this book include the catalysts involved in the processing of green diesel, characterization of the products as per ASTM/EN protocols. In addition, the book also illustrates characteristic features of green diesel and how it is different from biodiesel and petrodiesel. Other chapters cover performance and emission characteristics of green diesel in CI engines and techno-economic analysis. Moreover, the current status of green diesel industries is also incorporated. This book is of particular interest to graduate students and academic or industrial researchers/professionals working in the area of green diesel/green energy, bioenergy and mechanical, automobile, and chemical engineering. This book makes a forceful foundation for the establishment of green diesel refineries/biorefineries for a sustainable, cleaner, and greener future.
A revised version of a text which was first published in 1966. The book is designed as a general reference book for engineers and assumes a broad knowledge of current optical systems and their design. Additional topics include fibre optics, thin films and CAD systems.
Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Fourth Edition is different in many ways from its three earlier editions: coauthor Daniel Vukobratovich has brought his broad expertise in materials, opto-mechanical design, analysis of optical instruments, large mirrors, and structures to bear throughout the book; Jan Nijenhuis has contributed a comprehensive new chapter on kinematics and applications of flexures; and several other experts in special aspects of opto-mechanics have contributed portions of other chapters. An expanded feature—a total of 110 worked-out design examples—has been added to several chapters to show how the theory, equations, and analytical methods can be applied by the reader. Finally, the extended text, new illustrations, new tables of data, and new references have warranted publication of this work in the form of two separate but closely entwined volumes. This second volume, Design and Analysis of Large Mirrors and Structures, concentrates on the design and mounting of significantly larger optics and their structures, including a new and important topic: detailed consideration of factors affecting large mirror performance. The book details how to design and fabricate very large single-substrate, segmented, and lightweight mirrors; describes mountings for large mirrors with their optical axes in vertical, horizontal, and variable orientations; indicates how metal and composite mirrors differ from ones made of glass; explains key design aspects of optical instrument structural design; and takes a look at an emerging technology—the evolution and applications of silicon and silicon carbide in mirrors and other types of components for optical applications.
This report presents a cost analysis of Biodiesel production from soybean oil using a heterogeneous catalysis process. The process examined is similar to Axens Esterfip-H process. In this process, crude glycerol is generated as by-product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) US Patent 7151187, issued to Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) in 2006 (2) US Patent 9029583, issued to Council of Scientific & Industrial Research in 2015 Keywords: Fatty Acid Methyl Ester, FAME, Glycerin, Transesterification, Solid Catalyst, Refined Vegetable Oil
This report presents a cost analysis of Biodiesel production from soybean oil. The process examined is based on a catalytic distillation. In this process, technical grade glycerol is generated as by-product. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): Keywords: Fatty Acid Methyl Ester, FAME, Glycerin, Transesterification, Refined Vegetable Oil
