Recycling of waste oils with different composition using flexible type technology
Present issue proposes a solution to the problem of the waste oils with different composition recycling into esters of fatty acids and low-molecular alcohols by using flexible type technology. Waste oils differ in the composition of hydrocarbon radicals of the vegetable oils triglycerides and in the content of the free fatty acids impurities. For waste oils processing it is advisable to use technology options that differ in combinations of basic technological operations. An algorithm is proposed for selecting the main technological operations and their combinations for inclusion in the technology process, taking into account the composition of the recycling raw materials and the type of product obtained. The flexibility of the technology is provided by using different combinations of reactor blocks, each of which is designed to perform one of the provided technological operations. The developed flexible type technology was tested in the recycling of experimental batch of the low-eruption rapeseed oil waste.