CASE NO: 207
| MATERIAL: | Bovine animal fats with methanol and catalysts to form biodiesel via esterification and tranesterication. | PROBLEM: | Reactants are immiscible, available surface area contact is minimized. | RESULTS: | Intense high shear mixing under cavitational conditions shears methanol phase into tiny droplets ranging 1 to 2 microns - surface area is vastly increased and reaction yields are maximized. | AB MIXER: | Model 1010.05 with 5 HP motor for pilot plant usage. Model 1020.05 with 30 HP motor for 8 million gal/year. Model 1048 with 100 HP motors for 50 million gal/year. | | | | | BENEFITS | Slow batch reactors eliminated. Reaction yield maximized, side reactions minimized. Reaction control increased. |
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