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Feedstock Flexibility for Biodiesel

Meet enzymes, the catalysts that currently enable thirty biodiesel plants around the world to process a wide variety of waste feedstocks, providing them with the feedstock flexibility they need to remain profitable. 

Learn more about how you can apply enzymatic processing in your biodiesel plant and hear from the producers who have benefitted from it. 

 

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Embrace turmoil and benefit from feedstock flexibility

As the world shifts toward low-carbon fuels, biodiesel is expected to be in high demand. But the EU biodiesel market is no stranger to turmoil. Sudden rises in energy costs, the global pandemic, and growing competition have created a challenging environment for biodiesel producers in which achieving profitability has become increasingly difficult.

Thirty biodiesel producers worldwide have already committed to using enzyme catalysts to efficiently process waste feedstocks. Take your first step toward feedstock flexibility and learn more about how to achieve consistency and profitability. Follow our six-step guide to evaluate your opportunities in biodiesel.

CHALLENGES FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCERS

“A gamechanger for profitability”

Over the past five years, thirty biodiesel producers have already implemented biological processing. With operations in Europe, North and South America, India, South-East Asia, China, and Africa, these plants are processing side streams and main streams of up to 100% FFA.

Novozymes’ process is a cost-efficient and proven alternative for converting secondary oils like fatty acid distillates, DGS corn oil, UCO and animal fats into biodiesel with relatively low capital expenditure by retrofitting a plant.

Marc Kellens, Group Director of Technology, Desmet Ballestra, France

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    Our biggest challenge was to handle the high FFA of our feedstocks and the wastewater associated with traditional technologies. Working with Novozymes we are now able to provide our customers with high-quality, sustainable raw materials without having an environmental impact on the local community.

    Rafael Lavin, CEO, Oleofat, Spain

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      Novozymes’ process and its Eversa® Transform 2.0 enzyme product is a game changer for the profitability of our plant as we are now able to convert low-value feedstocks with high acidity to biodiesel that meets the EN biofuels Standards in Europe.

      Ismaeil Zaher, Technical Director, Biodiesel Misr

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        Your optimal path to profit

        If low-cost, fast-payback, feedstock flexibility sounds like an appealing route to higher profitability, the first step is to decide where to apply it:

        Option 1:
        Side stream processing

        • 24 hours in a batch reactor tank with methanol and water at atmospheric pressure and low temperature
        • Produces crude FAME with 2-3% FFA and maximum 0.5% neutral oil
        • Biological processing of soap stock increases its value from around $100/MT as a waste product to $1,000/MT as biodiesel 
        • Your investment is profitable after about three months

         

        Option 2:
        Main stream with any feedstock

        • Batch or CSTR reactor with 24 hours at atmospheric pressure and low temperature
        • Produces FAME with FFA below 0.1% and soap below 500 ppm
        • Processing all feedstocks biologically produces around 200% more profit than chemical processing
        • Your investment is profitable after around twelve months

         

        Ebook for enzymatic biodiesel processing

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        Take your first step toward feedstock flexibility and learn more about how to achieve consistency and profitability. Follow our six-step guide to evaluate your opportunities in biodiesel. 

        The rising costs of feedstocks, energy, and chemical catalysts are prompting many biodiesel producers to consider their alternatives. A popular strategy among European producers is to start processing high FFA (free fatty acid) feedstocks. But, how to do it?  

         Download this e-book to evaluate enzyme catalysts as a profitable way to process waste feedstocks into biodiesel.  

        Efficiently process your feedstock with FlexFit® technology

        Novozymes FlexFit® simplifies, accelerates, and protects your path to waste-based, FAME biodiesel. This high-quality, innovative technology supports your project from concept to completion and continuous operation. FlexFit® is the superior choice for waste-based biodiesel with quicker time to market, lower cost to build, and optimized operating cost.

        Learn more on how FlexFit® can give your plant the feedstock flexibility that the future requires.

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        Novozymes: partner to the biodiesel industry

        Today, more than thirty biodiesel plants around the world use enzymes to process a broad range of waste-based feedstocks including used cooking oil, palm oil mill effluent (POME), fatty acid distillates, and brown grease.

        As a member of the European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), Novozymes supports the science-based development of transport policy that evaluates technologies and energy sources with full life cycle assessment.

        We were also present at EWABA's general assembly in Brussels in November 2022.

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        Get the profitability you want in 365 days

        As early as next quarter, you could be producing highly-profitable biodiesel from high FFA feedstocks and enjoying the freedom to buy and use the cheapest available feedstock whenever you like - without stopping production.

        If you’re interested in turning your profit potential into profit reality, get in touch with us today.

        We can help you by:

        • Validating your business case
        • Sharing technical information and case studies
        • Providing you with your own implementation plan
        • Explaining our enzyme performance guarantee

         

        Find out if your plant is a good fit for biological processing

        In a 30 minute meeting you will find out if your plant is a good fit for biological processing.