Big Island Biodiesel

High Vacuum Biodiesel Distillation Unit

 

PROBLEM  Current biodiesel refining technology is restricted in the types of feedstock it can process, which limits the sourcing and use of locally-available waste products

SOLUTION  Big Island Biodiesel will build and integrate a High Vacuum Distillation (HVD) unit that can process a wide range of agricultural feedstocks into high quality biodiesel

PARTNER  Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, LLC

RESULTS  The Big Island Biodiesel HREDV project concluded in December 2012

  • Constructed the first 5 million gallon per year distillation biodiesel plant using high free fatty acid (FFA) feedstocks
  • Biodiesel product meets or exceeds EN 14214 and ASTM D6751 quality standards