Reliance Industries Limited

Rajaram Shrimant Ghadge

Ramesh Bhujade

Roshni Krishnarao Bahekar

Thomas Mathew

Piyush Jain

Nitin Nagwani

Nikhlesh Saxena

Somesh Gupta

Pavan Kumar Konakandla

The present disclosure relates to a system and a process for producing biofuel. The system comprises at least one feed tank; a low pressure pump; a high pressure pump; a first heat exchanger; a second heat exchanger; a reaction vessel; a precipitation vessel; a first pressure let-down station; a third heat exchanger; a second pressure let-down station; a gas-liquid separator; and a biofuel separator. The process comprises pressurizing and heating a feed, followed by reforming the pressurized and heated feed to obtain a slurry. The solids are separated from the slurry by precipitation to obtain a mixture comprising biofuel and the non-reformed feed. The mixture is then cooled and de-pressurized, followed by separation of gases and the non-reformed feed to obtain the biofuel. The system and process of the present disclosure can be used to produce biofuel from diverse, easily available and inexpensive starting material.

System and process for production of biofuel

A multi-phase reactor system for performing multi-phase reactions is disclosed. The reactor system includes a reaction vessel having a slinger device () mounted on a centrally positioned agitator shaft () proximal to an operative top of the reaction vessel. The slinger device () comprises a holding means defined by a vertical circumferential plate () and a cover plate () for at least partially encasing the agitator shaft () to define a space for collecting a liquid. The holding means comprise at least one spraying means including spray pipes () for distributing the liquid on an inner wall of the reaction vessel by a projectile trajectory path on rotation of the agitator shaft. A concave blade () may be positioned over the cover plate () for preventing overflow of the liquid from the holding means and forming an umbrella of the flowing liquid to effect scrubbing of the vapors and off-gas.

Multi-phase reactor system with slinger liquid reflux distributor

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Maharashtra, India

Rajaram Shrimant Ghadge