Biodiesel pretreatment system
Optimize your biofuel production by efficiently reducing impurities and unwanted components, ensuring seamless integration with your processing line for consistent, high-quality end products.

Pretreats and Refines Diverse Biofuel Feedstocks
Crown Iron Works’ Continuous Biodiesel Pretreatment System is engineered to streamline biodiesel production by efficiently refining a wide range of feedstocks, including oils and fats. This system excels in removing phosphatides and fatty acids, paving the way for cleaner transesterification processes. Designed for continuous operation, it incorporates proven refining techniques like degumming, bleaching, and neutralizing, enhancing both the quality and yield of biodiesel and renewable diesel outputs. Capable of integrating seamlessly into your existing setup, this system supports up to 50 tons per hour, optimizing throughput with minimal energy consumption. Its robust stainless steel construction ensures compatibility with various chemical processes, while optional CIP systems facilitate maintenance and cleanliness. Custom engineering support is available to tailor the system to specific feedstock and process requirements, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Benefits
- Enhances biodiesel quality by effectively reducing impurities in feedstocks.
- Minimizes operational costs through scalable processing capabilities.
- Increases flexibility with multi-feedstock compatibility.
- Lowers energy consumption with optimized continuous operation.
- Streamlines integration with pre-existing refining systems.
- Applications
- Specialty chemicals,Oleochemicals,Nutraceuticals,Fats,Plant-based proteins,Oils,Biofuel,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Palm oil,Canola oil,Sunflower oil,Hemp cbd oil,Polyunsaturated fats,Soybean oil,Emulsifiers,Protein isolates,Fatty acids,Omega-3 supplements,Lecithin,Biodiesel,Glycerin,Renewable diesel
- Steps before
- Oilseed Preparation,Degumming,Neutralizing
- Steps after
- Transesterification,Distillation,Byproduct Sales
- Input ingredients
- feedstock,substandard fats and oils,phosphatides,fatty acid
- Output ingredients
- neutralized feedstock,bleached feedstock,biodiesel,phosphatide byproducts,fatty acid byproducts
- Market info
- Crown Iron Works is renowned for its expertise in designing and manufacturing engineered-to-order equipment for oilseed processing and edible oil extraction, with a strong reputation for innovation, reliability, and delivering customized solutions worldwide.
- Automation
- Continuous operation
- Feedstock compatibility
- Any biodiesel feedstock
- Operating efficiency
- Maximum efficiency
- Process type
- Edible oil refining technology
- Pretreatment process
- Neutralizing and bleaching
- Design flexibility
- Processes various feedstocks
- Byproduct production
- Phosphatide and fatty acid byproducts
- Automation level
- Continuous operation
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Energy efficiency
- High efficiency
- Cleaning method
- Similar to edible oil refining technologies
- Flexibility
- Processes various biodiesel feedstocks
- Safety features
- Maximum safety ensured
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Control panel type
- PLC / HMI / SCADA
- Integration possibilities
- Modular / Scalable
- Footprint
- Compact / Customizable
- Material construction
- Stainless Steel / Carbon Steel
- Pretreatment capacity
- Adjustable / Based on feedstock
- Energy efficiency options
- Optimized / Energy-saving