Palm Oil Processing
Webinar: Biodiesel from Low-grade Feedstocks
- Date From 3rd August 2020
- Date To 3rd August 2020
- Price Free of charge, open to all.
- Location Online: 18:30 MYT. Duration: 1 hour.
Overview
Biodiesel produced from renewable energy sources such as low-grade feedstocks (used cooking oil and animal fat) have drawn much interest and widely researched.
Transesterification, being the most efficient technique to produce biodiesel requires relatively clean feedstock. However, the low-grade feedstock is generally high in free fatty acids and other elements, which make them unsuitable to be processed directly in the conventional Transesterification plant.
This paper reviews the critical characteristics of low-grade feedstock and methods to produce good quality biodiesel.
Agenda
- 18:30 — Presentation begins, followed by question-and-answer session.
- 19:30 — Online presentation ends.
Focus of topic
Responsible production.
Speaker
Tan Liok Min
Mr Tan Liok Min graduated from University Kebangsaan Malaysia with Bachelor Science (Hons) Chemical Technology in year 2003. Since then, he has been working for almost 15 years in the oils and fats, food emulsifier and oleochemical field.
He has vast experience in laboratory testing, research and development, process design and engineering, plant operation, quality management, project management, plant commissioning, process issue troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
He joined Desmet Ballestra Malaysia in 2009 as process engineer. In 2016, he was promoted to process manager and appointed as a member of Desmet Ballestra Group Oleo Steering Committee.
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