Current Challenge and Innovative Progress for Producing HVO and FAME Biodiesel Fuels and Their Applications

Current petroleum issues, quickly raising its costs and uncertainties regarding petroleum fuels availability endanger the renewable and sustainable challenge of the worldwide economy. Both the ecological consideration and availableness of fuels highly impact fuel directions for transport vehicles. The current paper introduces the Prospects for producing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) biodiesel fuels and their applications. The potential of raw material supply for the production biodiesel in Russia was examined, including sunflower oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, tall oil, and used cooking oil. Additionally, an economic evaluation of biodiesel production in Russia was performed. Likewise, Russia has launched the process of developing low-carbon strategies for the energy transition, but the country is placing more emphasis on the electrification and gasification of transport. The results reported that HVO is a promising low-carbon component of biological nature than FAME, according to it has a high calorific value, and great chemical stability. Furthermore, the results indicated that the most promising feedstock for biodiesel production in Russia is rapeseed oil, as rapeseed retains a higher yield growth potential. Finally, the most preferable option is the hydroprocessing of oils in a separate unit with a capacity of 500,000 tons/year for oil. Large capacity is probably redundant given the limited resources of advanced raw materials up to 100-150,000 tons of waste oils and up to 150-200,000 tons of tall oils. [GRAPHICS] .

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Current issues with petroleum pose a threat to the renewable and sustainable challenge of the global economy. This paper explores the prospects of producing hydrotreated vegetable oil and fatty acid methyl esters biodiesel fuels, focusing on Russia's potential for biodiesel production. The results indicate that hydrotreated vegetable oil is a promising low-carbon component, and rapeseed oil is the most promising feedstock for biodiesel production in Russia.