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.
LIBITEC's plant has a great versatility in operating options, which allow:
Oil Refining
Traditional degumming, bleaching, physical distillation, de-waxing, special cold degumming, chemical saponification and/or alcoholic neutralisation.
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.
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.
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
Storage Capacity
in 10 tanks of different volumes.
in 13 tanks of different volumes.
in 4 tanks of different volumes.
