Production

BiOdiesel

OPERATION LIBITEC

LINARES BIODIESEL TECHNOLOGY has at its LINARES factory two highly automated Continuous Operation Plants with DESMET BALLESTRA Technology (one) and WESTFALIA (other), with the possibility of Refining Oils and manufacturing Biodiesel; extended and improved with SOLINDEX technology (Multi-feedstock) for the production of the best quality product and optimal costs.

Biodiesel fotos (132)

LIBITEC's plant has a great versatility in operating options, which allow:

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Oil Refining

Traditional degumming, bleaching, physical distillation, de-waxing, special cold degumming, chemical saponification and/or alcoholic neutralisation.

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Biodiesel production

High acid esterification in continuous and/or batch systems, transesterification in one, two, three and/or four stages, phase separation (biodiesel and glycerine) in traditional physical decanters and/or centrifugal separators, washing in single and/or series phases, drying in one or several stages, polishing in one, two and/or three phases in series or in parallel. Desulphurisation and decolourisation in one and/or two stages.

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Glycerol refining

Improved traditional process of breaking soaps from crude glycerol; neutralisation, methanol recovery before and/or after drying of glycerol by distillation and/or concentrators until technical grade glycerol (80 % glycerol) is obtained. Possibility of final concentration to increase richness of technical glycerol.

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Biodiesel distillation

A new distillation line with a production capacity of 100,000 tonnes/year has been commissioned in 2023, including all the facilities and auxiliary equipment necessary to service this new line. With this line, an improved product is obtained to reach new market sectors.

LIBITEC in figures

The surface used is 36,000 m2 with annexed land prepared for extensions of 70,000 m2 more

Production capacity

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Storage Capacity

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in 10 tanks of different volumes.

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of Oils/Fats

in 13 tanks of different volumes.

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of Glyceryne

in 4 tanks of different volumes.

The installation is completed by different tanks with appropriate reservoirs for different process intermediates, chemical reagents, auxiliaries and additives.