Rapemeal valorisation: improving the economics of biodiesel manufacture

生物柴油生产的经济性目前受到其制造成本的制约，其引入市场在一定程度上受到财政部税收减免的推动。这项提议寻求通过从天然副产品中开发增值化学品和材料来提高生产的经济性。这项重点研究将着眼于市场经济，以开发商业上可行的产品。将研究的两个主要产品流将被分离并验证用于使用：(1)用于提高生物柴油性能的降凝剂和(2)用于橡胶材料和化妆品的添加剂和共聚聚合物。生物复合材料中心(BC)将提供和开发分离/处理技术以实现这些目标。不列颠哥伦比亚省将对RSO进行臭氧分解实验，以开发新的冷浇注技术，OCTel将对其进行评估。基于这项技术的添加剂的开发也将被探索用于替代应用，如粘度改进剂和稳定剂。

The economics of biodiesel production are currently constrained by its costs of manufacture and its introduction into the marketplace is being partly facilitated by Treasury tax breaks. This proposal seeks to improve the economics of production by development of value-added chemicals and materials from the rapemeal co-product. This focused study will look at the market economics to develop commercially viable products. The two major product streams to be investigated will be separated and validated for use as: (1) pour point depressants to boost bio diesel performance and (2) additives & co-polymers for rubber materials and cosmetics. The BioComposites Centre (BC) will provide and develop separation/processing technologies to achieve these aims. BC will undertake ozonolysis experiments on RSO to develop new cold pour technologies that will be evaluated by Octel. The development of additives based on this technology will also be explored for alternative applications such as tack modifiers and stabilisers.