BIOFUEL FROM SBEO INNOVATORS IMPRESS, BUT FACES OBSTACLES TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL MOMENTUM
April 19th, 2024
The number of companies producing spent bleaching earth oil (SBEO) as a biofuel feedstock has been increasing, but despite the opportunities that new regulations and technologies offer, logistics, the lack of feedstock and costs remain major challenges.
That utilising bleaching earths and clays is a good idea is clear. For instance, the Cairo, Egypt-based Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute has noted in a 2023 paper that while these minerals act as effective adsorbers, removing impurities from vegetable oils, improving their “visual ...
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