Centrifuge or Filter-- Sterol Removal from Biodiesel
Theodore Neuman, Food Tec, Westfalia Separator Inc, 100 Fairway Ct., Northvale, NJ 07647

Biodiesel produced from soybean and palm olein feedstocks has shown an impurity identified as a Sterol/glycoside which causes plugging of engine filters, especially in colder climates. The paper will discuss the various centrifufge/clarifier and filtration techniques employed in European and North American production facilities to remove the impurity.

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Biodiesel Production Via Alternate Routes

The Preliminary Program for 2007 Spring National Meeting