GTZ20F Ultrasonic reactors

Reduce Response Time

Ultrasonic reactors for the cavitational mixing of oil with methanol in biodiesel production. The intense ultrasonic agitation reduces the methanol droplet size – leading to an increase in contact surface area. This boosts the reaction speed and the biodiesel yield and quality significantly.

Ultrasonic reactors reduce the mixing time to approx. 10 to 30sec. This allows for an in-line installation right before the separation tank.

By creating molecular cavitation our reactors ensure that all the feedstock, methanol and catalyst are homogeneously emulsified and come to a complete reaction, increasing yields to >99%. The reactor units operate on both base transesterification and acid esterification, with the most impressive results being seen on the acid esterification reaction.

In-line Reactor

The in-line reactor can be scaled up to any power and size for different production capacity. Each reactor can be connected. The in-line ultrasonic reactor can be scaled up to any power and size of for different production capacity. Each reactor can be connected in series to achieve the designated power.

Ultrasonication increase the chemical reaction speed of the vergetable oils and animal fats into biodiesel. This method can improve the efficiency and reduce the operational costs. Also, in-line ultrasonic reactor can change the production from batch processing to continuous flow processing and achieve a biodiesel yield over 97%.

Ultrasonication can also reduce the seperation time from 5 to 10 hours into 1 hour or less. The amount of catalyst and alcohol are reduced to 15 ~35% due to increase the chemical activity during at cavitation process. The resulted byproduct of glycerin can be increased in purity.