Prof. Dr. Guzine is the Director of the National Research Center Biodiesel Group, Head of the Engineering Development and Consultancy special unit. She was Head of Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department for six years, leader of more than 90 publications, main participant in more than 15 technical solutions for industrial problems supervision on 16 MsC. and Ph.D. Thesis presented to local universities.
Her main Research and Technology topics are water, wastewater and sludge treatment processes; new and conventional chemicals Production, Development and Application, such as Fertilizers anticaking; Stearic acid and Calcium stearate; magnesium oxide, potassium salts, lithium salts from bittern, polymers for wastewater treatment, Edible and Non edible vegetable oil production and refining, biodiesel production. All studies are based on chemical Engineering Reactions and kinetics.
JatrophaWorld 2008 Hamburg Speaker
Day 2 – Tuesday, October 21
14:30 SUCCESS STORY OF CULTIVATION IN DESERT & TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
Overview of Presentation
Egypt faces two issues that may provide a unique opportunity for rural economic growth. The first issue is that major urban areas of the country have air quality problems that will require actions to reduce sources of pollution. One major pollution source is from exhaust emissions from cars and trucks. The use of alternative fuel sources such as biodiesel can make a significant reduction in certain exhaust emissions pollution and improving air quality.
The second issue facing the country is depressed sources of locally produced petroleum and increasing prices of the imported.
The opportunity for economic growth resides in the processing oil seeds and other suitable feed stocks produced within the country into biodiesel. The new fuel can be used by vehicles traversing the country thus reduce air pollution and providing another market for Egypt produced oil seeds while creating a value added market for animal fats and spent oils. Oil seeds can be generated from Jatropha plant, which grows successfully in Egyptian desert, and irrigated by municipal wastewater primary treated. The benefits of biodiesel go far beyond the clean burning nature of the product. Biodiesel is a renewable resource helping create a market for farmers and certain feed stocks and help reduce the amount of waste oil, fat and grease being dumped into landfills and sewers.
The purpose of this study is to provide decision makers with information on the feasibility of producing Biodiesel in Egypt.
- Benefits of Biodiesel
There are several benefits to using biodiesel as a blended fuel in diesel engines: Biodiesel has a lower flash pint than petroleum diesel and tjus helps prevent damaging fires; biodiesel burns cleaner than petroleum diesel and thus reduces particulate matter thus lowering emissions of nitrogen, carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons; the odor of burned biodiesel fuel is considered by many to be less offensive than petroleum diesel; there are only limited or no needed modification to current engines to use biodiesel; there would be no need to change the transportation and storage systems to handle biodiesel; biodiesel behaves similarly to petroleum for engine performance and mileage; and biodiesel dissipates engine heat better than petroleum diesel. - The Biodiesel Production Process
The technology of converting vegetable oils and animal fats into biodiesel is a well established process. The most commonly used and most economical process is the base catalyzed transesterification of the oil with methanol, typically referred to as “the methyl ester process”. Essentially the process involves combining the oil with methanol and sodium or potassium hydroxide. This process created four main products i.e. methyl ester (biodiesel), glycerin, feed quality oil and methanol that is recycled back through the system. The primary product, methyl ester, is better known as biodiesel. The glycerin and cake can be sold to generate added income from the process.In Egypt the vegetable oil which can be used for this purpose is the Jatropha oil which is planted successfully in Egyptian deserts and on municipal wastewater primary treated.
Optimum operating conditions for both extraction and tansesterification on bench and pilot plant scales experimental work are presented.
Seed cake as bi-product from Extraction of seeds can be used as fertilizer or partially as animal fodder.
- Economics of Biodiesel Production
Based on Jatropha non edible oil used as raw oil seeds, a Techno-economic feasibility study is achieved and presented in the study based on local actual data.
JATROPHAWORLD 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Hamburg from October 20 to 21, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.