Chemical engineering researches at University of Arkansa, United States have found ways to convert chicken fat into biodiesel fuel via supercritical methanol method. The yield is expected to be higher than 90%. Supercritical methanol treatment dissolves and causes the components to react at high temperature and
pressure turning the substance into "supercritical", the highest temperature and pressure at which the substance can exist in equilibrium as a vapor and liquid. The process requires no catalyst which could potentially save production cost.
Major oil companies are known to have been looking at efforts to include biodiesel into blending of crude oil diesel for cheaper feedstocks. The obstacles however has always been inefficient processes which could lead to high production cost.
Biofeedstock may very well be the key answer to renewable energy and feedstocks for petrochemical plants.
pressure turning the substance into "supercritical", the highest temperature and pressure at which the substance can exist in equilibrium as a vapor and liquid. The process requires no catalyst which could potentially save production cost.
Major oil companies are known to have been looking at efforts to include biodiesel into blending of crude oil diesel for cheaper feedstocks. The obstacles however has always been inefficient processes which could lead to high production cost.
Biofeedstock may very well be the key answer to renewable energy and feedstocks for petrochemical plants.
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