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Challenges faced by renewable diesel producers?

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:06:07 GMT

🔧 Enhancing Feedstock Flexibility with Enzymes 🔧

Prices fluctuate, even for feedstocks. Depending on the economics of a given day, week, or month, renewable diesel/SAF producers may need to use different feedstocks or even blends. When dealing with these variations, the chemistry becomes complex.

Traditionally, the solution seemed to be: More feedstock, more chemicals! Increasing OPEX and oil losses. However, today a modern solution would be to maintain optimal process efficiencies even with blends containing 10% or higher vegetable oils through a simple drop-in solution.

🌱 A Better Approach:
Using enzymes in pretreatment processes can significantly improve feedstock flexibility. By optimizing the separation efficiency and reducing the need for excessive chemicals, enzymes help create a more robust and efficient process. This approach not only meets quality specifications but also enhances yield and reduces waste.

🔍 If you haven’t considered optimizing your process through the addition of enzymatic technology, you’re almost certainly leaving money on the table – it’s just a question of how much.

How does enzymatic pretreatment bring value to renewable diesel producers? -...

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:05:12 GMT

♻️ Boosting Renewable Diesel Production ♻️

The renewable diesel industry faces unique challenges in the degumming process, which are different from traditional applications. Driven by a shift from yield improvement towards metal reduction. Want to hear how enzymatic solutions are game-changers in achieving this goal?

📈 A Better Approach:
Enzymatic degumming not only improves oil yield but also significantly reduces metal content in the oil. This is crucial for preventing downstream catalyst issues, ensuring higher efficiency, and reducing the need for excessive chemicals. The result is a more sustainable and cost-effective production process.

💡Have you considered using enzymes in your pretreatment processes?

What can renewable diesel producers expect from working with Novonesis? -...

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:04:51 GMT

🚀 Let’s increase your oil yields by approximately 2%. Simply by “dropping-in” enzymatic solutions🚀

Forget adding equipment, space and time to your process. Enzymatic solutions are transforming the renewable diesel/SAF industry by offering efficient, low-capital expenditure (CapEx) options that can seamlessly integrate into existing processes.

🌱 Why Enzymes Matter:
Enzymatic solutions offer a drop-in method to reduce chemical usage and improve yield with minimal capital investment. These solutions are versatile, allowing for immediate implementation without extensive equipment overhauls. Meanwhile, the Novonesis team and our engineering partners will be there for on-site support and successful implementation.

How do enzymes reduce use of chemicals in degumming? - Mark Bollinger

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:07:42 GMT

📉 More is Not Better 📉
As feedstock blends increase in complexity there seems to be a common adage that more is better – more chemicals when there are more blends. If a process isn't working, the instinct might be to just add more chemicals. But is that really the best approach?

🔬 The Reality:
No, continuously adding more chemicals doesn't always solve the problem. It can lead to inefficiencies, higher oil losses and greater environmental impact in terms of wastewater. With enzymes we utilize only a targeted amount of chemicals.

🌱 A Better Approach:
Enzymes provide a smarter solution, helping to reduce the amount of chemicals needed and allowing processes to run more smoothly and efficiently. By adding proprietary enzymes, you can remove phosphorus and metals and hit HVO feedstock specs without over-processing.

We're already doing this with over 100 plants, and work with leading global engineering partners for implementation in the plants.