Biodiesel Production Hydrodynamic Cavitation

Burhani Engineering Technology Biodiesel production Plant is the process of producing the biofuel, biodiesel, through the chemical reactions of transesterification and esterification. This involves vegetable or animal fats and oils being reacted with short-chain alcoholstypically methanol or ethanol using state of art technology called hydrodynamic cavitation reactor

The Burhani Engineering Technology hydrodynamic cavitation reactor is a prospective way for biodiesel production on industrial and commercial scales due to its easy scale-up characteristics. The heart of the designed reactor in the mentioned system is a rotor rotating inside the stator at a high speed; additionally, some cavities with special geometries are machined on the perimeter of the rotor. The space between the rotor and the stator is the cavitation zone. While entering the reaction feed mixture (mixture of oil and alcohol) into the cavitation zone, because of geometry and arrangement of cavities machined on the rotor and spinning action of the rotor, local fluid pressure in the cavities is reduced to the fluid vapor pressure which leads to the fast formation of microscopic bubble formation in the rotor cavities away from the metal surfaces. The rapid formation and collapse of bubbles, due to the high rotational speed of the rotor, creates shock waves Energies which lead to intense stirring and a fast release of energy (heat). Therefore, there is no need for a heat generator source for the reaction phase of the mixture inside the reactor.