De Smet Agro Engineers and Contractors - turnkey projects for beets and cane processing

ROTTERDAM BIODIESEL PLANT - THE NETHERLANDS

Turn-key construction from greenfield
of a biodiesel production plant

Customer :
Dutch BioDiesel B.V.
Rotterdam - The Netherlands.

General contractor :
De Smet Engineers & Contractors

Scope of works :
Turn-key supply of a complete multifeedstock biodiesel production plant

Industrial operation : 2008

Main sub-contractors involved :
Desmet Ballestra - Belgium/Italy

Plant capacity : 250,000 TPY biodiesel.

Processing units :
- Crude oil acid degumming unit
- Degummed oil stripping unit
- Biodiesel production unit

Utilities :
- Water cooling
- Steam generation and distribution system
- Compressed air network
- Electricity distribution generation
- Fire fighting system
- Effluent water treatment

Auxiliaries :
- Chemicals storage
- Oil and biodiesel intermediate storage and load-out