Reducing the amount of water used for washing palm methyl ester in biodiesel industry

• Main Authors: Gaanty Pragas, Maniam, Intan Shafinaz, Abd Manaf, Nurul Hajar, Embong, Mohd Hasbi, Ab. Rahim, Hooi, Ooi Eng
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24438/1/Reducing%20the%20amount%20of%20water%20used%20for%20washing%20palm%20methyl%20ester%20in%20biodiesel%20industry%201.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24438/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Washing biodiesel with water is the most common method of purifying biodiesel. Most dry wash methods require evaporate or distil the methanol into a flammable and toxic gas as part of the purification process. Other wash methods generate hazardous waste streams. Currently, the plant uses a lot of wa...