BioDiesel and Synthetic Fuel Technology

"BioDiesel" and "Synfuel" are terms used to refer to fuels produced from non-petroleum feedstock such as:

 Waste fat, oil and grease

 Coal, coke or petroleum coke

 Used automobile tires

 Waste plastics

 Municipal solid waste

Two types of process are mainly used for this purpose:

                     •         Desterification in which substances such as fats, oils and greases are chemically converted to Diesel fuel and other products.

                     •         Syngas to Fischer Tropsch in which the feedstock is thermally decomposed and partially oxidized to produce a synthetic gas or “syngas” which is subsequently reformed through the use of Fischer Tropsch catalysts to produce Diesel fuel and other products.

The OTT team brings its own innovations to the above technologies to increase efficiency and reliability at the lowest possible operating cost.

With respect to synfuel production, the key factor is designing the reactor vessel to produce a suitable syngas from such difficult materials as used automobile tires and municipal solid waste.