Included activities starts

The activity starts with the production and import of "biodiesel" in this region.

Included activities ends

The activity ends with providing the "biodiesel" to the consumers of this product. Transportation is included; however, product losses during transport are negligible and therefore not included.

Description

This is a market dataset representing the consumption market in the region. It includes transportation of the product from the factory gate to consumption, with transport services calculated according to the regional transportation conditions for the product.

Activity Description

The production process of biodiesel from waste edible oil collection, treatment, and processing includes filtration and pretreatment, esterification reaction, neutralization, separation, decolorization and purification, dehydration and acid removal, distillation, and refining. Among these, impurities and water in the oil are separated by heating followed by sedimentation.

Process Description

Biodiesel refers to fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters produced through transesterification of vegetable oils, animal fats, waste oils, or microbial oils with methanol or ethanol. Biodiesel is a clean fuel that can replace conventional petroleum diesel.

Biodiesel, sedimentation, waste edible oil

Biodiesel, sedimentation, waste edible oil