Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: Max capacity and consultant for biodiesel wanted

2001-06-11 Thread Mauro Knudsen
Hello JosĀŽ: 1_ There`s not maxximum cappacity of transesterification but the most common reactors are between 2000Lts ( 500 gal) to 1 Lts (2500 gal). Whit single reactors bigger than 1 Lts (2500 gal)is more dificult get high efficience reaction; in general for get more daily capacity t

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: Max capacity and consultant for biodiesel wanted

2001-06-11 Thread Dick Carlstein
joe, answer in your em : Subject: [biofuels-biz] Re: Max capacity and consultant for biodiesel wanted > 1-What is the maximum capacity of a transesterification(biodiesel) reactor? there is no max capacity per se for batch units, but the bigger they get, the more complex they are as rega

[biofuels-biz] Re: Max capacity and consultant for biodiesel wanted

2001-06-10 Thread JOSE SANCHEZ, SENIOR
I would like to pose 2 questions to all biodiesel experts: 1-What is the maximum capacity of a transesterification(biodiesel) reactor? In other words can I react vegetable(or cooking oils) in a 2,000 gals reactor? What about 5,000 gallons? Is there a maximum capacity? What about ratio of Height t