BTC PTEC Biodiesel Workshop

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BTC PTEC Biodiesel Workshop

• August 7 8, 2006
• BTC Pilot unit

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BTC Biodiesel Pilot Plant

• The Northwest Energy Technology Collaborative
  (NWETC), a division of the Washington Technology
  Center (WTC), was awarded a 70,000 grant from
  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to
  conduct a one year demonstration project of a
  process that will provide fuel that will reduce
  diesel emissions. Matching funds of 280,000 were
  also raised to support this effort. NWETC
  procured four bio-diesel processors from
  BioDiesel Works. Two of these processors were
  installed at each of the participating colleges
  Bellingham Technical College and British Columbia
  Institute of Technology. Student employees were
  trained to produce the bio-diesel as part of the
  colleges educational curricula.

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BTC Biodiesel Pilot Plant

• The small biodiesel production units are
  converting filtered fryer oil from restaurants
  and food production into a cleaner bio-diesel
  fuel for commercial utility vehicles. The units
  will produce 144,000 gallons of bio-diesel fuel
  for the first year of operation.
• Puget Sound Energy (Washington) and BC Hydro
  (British Columbia) will operate utility trucks on
  the hybrid bio-diesel fuels. Each company will
  run a fleet of trucks that uses one of three
  blends of the bio-diesel product B-5 (5 percent
  bio-diesel), B-20 (20 percent bio-diesel) or
  B-100 (100 percent bio-diesel). Total
  bio-diesel usage will be 12,000 gallons per
  month. The utilities will purchase the bio-diesel
  at the traditional diesel fuel price.
• For more information go to the NWETC website and
  Washington Technology Center website

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Process flow chart
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Methanol recovery and settling
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Overall unit
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Feed material
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Feed tank
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Alkali mix tank and reactor
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Reactor
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Reactor heater and pump controls
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Reactor and settling tank
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Methanol recovery
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Methanol recovery
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Product washer
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Settler
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Product