Renewable Energy Integration: Economic Assessment of Solar Energy to Produce Biodiesel at Supercritical Conditions

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Component</td><td class="align_center">Power (kW)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pump (B1)</td><td class="align_center">6.935</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pump (B2)</td><td class="align_center">0.928</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Heat exchanger (B3)</td><td class="align_center">30.037</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Column (B8)</td><td class="align_center">13.502</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">51.402</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Energy demand of the biodiesel production process under supercritical conditions.</div>

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Table 3: Renewable Energy Integration: Economic Assessment of Solar Energy to Produce Biodiesel at Supercritical Conditions 