Farmwealth Greenfields Ltd. B I O

ABOUT BIO-DIESEL

Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications.

Biodiesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics.

Biodiesel can be used in any concentration with petroleum based diesel fuel in existing diesel engines with little or no modification.

Biodiesel is not the same thing as raw vegetable oil. It is produced by a chemical process which removes the glycerin from the oil.

Biodiesel is made through a chemical process called transesterification whereby the glycerin is separated from the fat or vegetable oil. The process leaves behind two products -- methyl esters (the chemical name for biodiesel) and glycerin (a valuable byproduct usually sold to be used in soaps and other products).

PROJECT OVERVIEW:
Farmwealth Greenfields Limited going to set up a 200 TPD biodiesel plants at Kakinada a total outlay of around Rs. 80.00 Crores. The proposed plant would utilize RBD Palmolein / RBD Stearin from Malaysia / Indonesia - which is refined, bleached and deodorized palmolein – as its raw material feedstock and the finished product bio-diesel would cater to the European / US market. RBD contains less than 0.1% free fatty acids (FFA) and therefore, can be directly trans-esterified to bio-diesel without any pre- treatment. Further, with RBD palmolein, after trans –esterification , bio-diesel of EN 14214/ASTM Standard can be attained. The other co-product is only glycerine of 88% purity which would be sold in the domestic market on account of better price realizations. Before going ahead with the project, the promoters had carried out a technical due diligence and economic viability study. Some of the aspects of the study are briefed here.

Briefly, biodiesel is a safe, non-toxic , biodegradable and renewable fuel that can be easily used in unmodified diesel engines. Fuel markets that can benefit from biodiesel include bus and truck fleets, heavy equipment, diesel cars and boats, and electric generators. Biodiesel is produced by chemically reacting an alcohol (usually methanol, occasionally ethanol) with vegetable based oils, animal fats, or waste cooking oils, using either sodium or potassium hydroxide as a catalyst. The conversion process with result in approximately 100% biodiesel and 10% glycerine and a smaller percentage of fatty acids as co-products.

The most common process for producing biodiesel is the trans-esterification of fatty acid glycerol esters to methyl esters. B100 is a very clean burning, non-toxic fuel, offering significant benefits over fossil fuels. Bio-diesel can also be splash blended with any percentage of petro – diesel to meet a variety of purposes. A B20 (20% B100 biodiesel + 80% petro- diesel) blend is the most commonly used in North America, as it is commonly mixed in 2-5% (B2-B5) B2, on the other hand, is popular as a lubricant due to bio-diesel’s high lubricity rating. Biodiesel assists both the global and the local environment by minimizing air toxins, greenhouse gases, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and black smoke. It also contains no Sulphur dioxide ( acid rain) or aromatics. Vehicle performance, storage, and maintenance requirements are all comparable to petro-diesel. Biodiesel is not the same as running a car on straight vegetable oil (SVO). From a technical performance standpoint, biodiesel blends and neat biodiesel usage should not represent any hindrances to growing the market.