Fabrichem - Bio Diesel

FABRICHEM (TRICHY) PVT. LTD.

Write up on Bio Diesel

Invention of Steam Engine induced the Industrial Revolution of 1800s. Exploration of Crude Oil and its subsequent distillation helped to the invention Petrol Engine. Limitations of handling Petrol Led the way for Diesel Engine. Diesel Engines developed high Torque. Rudolf Diesel used Peanut Oil to run his engine. Inexpensive and readily available Petroleum fuels over took vegetable oils. In India over 80% of passengers and 60% of freight are moved by road. India’s Diesel requirements was 45 Million Tonnes in 2001-2002. TERI estimates for 2011-2012 is 65 Million Tonnes. This further increases to 100 Million Tonnes by 2020 and 200 Million Tonnes by 2030. This increase, increases the Green House Gas Emissions by over 50% and is a serious cause for melting of Himalayan Ice, upsetting the normal life in Plains and Sea Coasts.

An easy solution for this is Bio-Diesel. Every Kg. of Bio-Diesel reduces 3.2 Kgs. of Carbon dioxide. The other reductions are Sulphur dioxide by 99%, Carbon Monoxide by 20%, Soot by 50% and particulate matter by 40%. Besides the mileage increase is around 20% for Bio-Diesel. Bio-Diesel is produced from the following Vegetable Oils, by the countries mentioned.

	Europe	Rape Seed and Canola
	Malaysia	Palm Oil
	France & Italy	Sun Flower Seed
	USA	Soya Beans
	Nicaragua	Jatropha Curcus

Other than Jatropha Curcus, the above oils are edible and India has a deficit of over 35% for edible oils for decades. The non edible oil potential of India is over 100,00,000 Tonnes. If this non edible oil potential is converted to Bio-Diesel, will cost around Rs.1500 Billions at today’s price. This amount will benefit the Rural India. The only hurdle is the collection of various seeds for processing and the resulting high Free Fatty Acid content of the oils.

We in FABRICHEM (TRICHY) PVT. LTD., since the beginning of our efforts for Bio-Diesel conversion, committed to process only the non edible oils. We have gainfully processed high FFA oils from Rubber Seed, Waste Cashew Kernels, Macadamia, Silk Cotton, Palm, Jatropha Curcus, Mahua, Papaya, Rice Bran, Fish Oils and Animal Fats. Season for any Vegetable Oil Seeds is around Two Months. We are suggesting the following programme for running the Bio-Diesel Production Unit.

	Juijube	February to April
	Karanja / Pongamia	February to April
	Silk Cotton	April to May
	Mahua	May to July
	Neem	June to July
	Rubber Seed	July to September
	Jatropha Curcus	July to September and October to December

Waste Cashew Kernel, Papaya, Macademia Fish Oils and Animal Fats are available year round and can meet the Short supplies in Vegetable Oils.

We have processed mixtures of the above oils to Bio-Diesel. Presently we are getting mixtures of oil seeds and process them to Oil and Bio-Diesel. These experiments ensure any quantity of any oil can be procured, mixed and processed to Bio-Diesel.

The Free Fatty Acid percentage is assessed and treated for Esterification of Free Fatty Acids. Presently we use concentrated Sulphuric Acid to Reduce the FFA to less than One Percent. We are continuing our efforts to avoid using of Sulphuric Acid. We do not use Methoxide or Caustic flakes for the next reactions of converting Fatty Acids to Ester. This is achieved by cooling the mixture of Methanol and Fatty Acids. The conversion rate in this process is more than 99%. Besides, formation of Soap, Emulsification and Washing Procedures are completely eliminated.