Integrated biodiesel and fatty alcohol complex to be built in Thailand
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Thai Oleochemicals Company and Thai Fatty Alcohols Company have jointly commissioned German engineering firm Uhde GmbH (a daughter of technology giant ThyssenKrupp) to build the world's first combined fatty alcohol and biodiesel complex. The €95/US$127 million contract will result in the construction of an integrated refinery in Map Ta Phut, an industrial location some 150km south-east of Bangkok.
The processing complex has a combined capacity of 300,000 tonnes, with two-thirds of the production being biodiesel and 100,000 tonnes being fatty alcohols. Fatty alcohols have many different applications but are mainly used for the production of cosmetics, detergents and cleaning agents.
Multiple feedstocks
The methyl ester plant will be based on a process licensed by AT Agrar-Technik of Schlaitdorf, one of Europe's leading biodiesel plant manufacturers, while the fatty alcohol production process will be supplied by Düsseldorf-based Cognis Deutschland, a specialty chemicals company. A key feature of AT Agrar-Technik's esterification process is its flexibility with respect to the organic feedstocks which can be used, allowing a variety of plant-based oils, animal oils and fats, and used vegetable oils to be processed. The main feedstock for the new plant complex is to be palm oil from Thailand and other South-East Asian countries. The processing of used cooking oils in the plant is also planned for the future. The methyl ester plant is due to come on-stream in late 2007, followed by the commissioning of the fatty alcohol plant in January 2008.
Investment by Thai Oleochemicals Company in this biodiesel plant fits in with the Thai Ministry of Energy's plans to achieve a sustainable increase in the production of biodiesel from renewable resources and to reduce imports of fossil fuels [entry ends here].
biomass :: bioenergy :: biofuels :: energy :: sustainability :: fatty alcohols :: biodiesel :: green chemistry :: palm oil :: Thailand ::
Thai Oleochemicals Company and Thai Fatty Alcohols Company have jointly commissioned German engineering firm Uhde GmbH (a daughter of technology giant ThyssenKrupp) to build the world's first combined fatty alcohol and biodiesel complex. The €95/US$127 million contract will result in the construction of an integrated refinery in Map Ta Phut, an industrial location some 150km south-east of Bangkok.
The processing complex has a combined capacity of 300,000 tonnes, with two-thirds of the production being biodiesel and 100,000 tonnes being fatty alcohols. Fatty alcohols have many different applications but are mainly used for the production of cosmetics, detergents and cleaning agents.
Multiple feedstocks
The methyl ester plant will be based on a process licensed by AT Agrar-Technik of Schlaitdorf, one of Europe's leading biodiesel plant manufacturers, while the fatty alcohol production process will be supplied by Düsseldorf-based Cognis Deutschland, a specialty chemicals company. A key feature of AT Agrar-Technik's esterification process is its flexibility with respect to the organic feedstocks which can be used, allowing a variety of plant-based oils, animal oils and fats, and used vegetable oils to be processed. The main feedstock for the new plant complex is to be palm oil from Thailand and other South-East Asian countries. The processing of used cooking oils in the plant is also planned for the future. The methyl ester plant is due to come on-stream in late 2007, followed by the commissioning of the fatty alcohol plant in January 2008.
Investment by Thai Oleochemicals Company in this biodiesel plant fits in with the Thai Ministry of Energy's plans to achieve a sustainable increase in the production of biodiesel from renewable resources and to reduce imports of fossil fuels [entry ends here].
biomass :: bioenergy :: biofuels :: energy :: sustainability :: fatty alcohols :: biodiesel :: green chemistry :: palm oil :: Thailand ::
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