Transesterification, Refining and Glycerin Recovery
Phase separation systems are essential in transesterification, biodiesel refining, and glycerin recovery processes, ensuring efficiency and product quality. Clark Solutions provides complete solutions with horizontal decanters and PlatePack internals, promoting laminar flow, enhanced coalescence, and reduced separation time, resulting in lower product losses, higher glycerin recovery, and reliable operation supported by optimized engineering.
Benefits
Process optimization
The solution is beneficial both during the design phase (by reducing vessel dimensions) and during revamp (by improving separation performance).
Separation time reduction
The solution promotes flow laminarization, reducing the settling path. This facilitates coalescence, resulting in a reduction in the time required for separation, which in turn increases plant productivity.
Compliance with standards
Proper sizing allows compliance with regulatory standards (< 200 ppm of free glycerin in biodiesel, according to ASTM D6751).
Downstream process optimization
More efficient separation in three-phase separator vessels allows the feed streams to the next vessels to be in better condition.
Increased efficiency
Evaluation of the solution as a whole not only contributes to efficient separation of the biodiesel and glycerin phases, but also minimizes product losses, resulting in increased overall process efficiency.