DECANTER CENTRIFUGES & PLANTS FOR SOLID/LIQUID SEPARATION CENTRIFUGE TECHNOLOGY FOR BIODIESEL EXTRACTION - FROM ORGANIC RESOURCES Alternative fuels will be increasingly important in the future. Along with bioethanol, the production of biodiesel is constantly increasing. This development has its basis not only in the rising price of crude oil on the world market, but also in the development of new technologies which enable the production of new fuels from renewable resources. Additionally, there is an increased focus on climate protection in both national and international politics. Typical uses for the HILLER decanters are: ■ clarifying fresh and used oil, for use in biodiesel production ■ separation of glycerine, fatty acids and salts in the glycerine processing during the production of biodiesel ■ separation of methanol and washed ■ dewatering of the slurry after distillation (Bioethanol) ■ dewatering of fermentation substrate produced in the production of biogas ■ solid matter separation from the filtrate during the pressing process salts from the glycerine process ■ yeast separation in the biodiesel production

BASIC PROCEDURAL APPROACH Raw materials used for biodiesel are traditionally mostly fresh plants, and also old cooking fat and oil, including animal fats. While in northern Europe rapeseed oil is mostly used, in the USA it is soya oil and in tropical countries palm oil. The HILLER DecaOil high performance centrifuge is a solidbowl scroll centrifuge which has been specially developed as a high-efficiency separator of solid matter, simultaneously separating via one or two (not mixable) fluid phases. HILLER - ADVANTAGES The mixture arrives through a fixed inlet pipe, and is fed into a rotating bowl...