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Ultrasonic Mixing for Biodiesel Production

Hielscher offers ultrasonic mixing reactors for the production of biodiesel at any scale. The ultrasonic mixing improves mass transfer and reaction kinetics leading to faster transesterification and higher yield. It saves excess methanol and catalyst.

Ultrasonic reactors are recommended for production capacities of 0.25ton (80 gal) per hour or more. Hielscher offers ultrasonic reactors of an individual capacity of up to 16ton/hr (5100 gal/hr). In general you should consider using three to five units in parallel to accommodate variations in production rates.

Lower Material Costs and Boost Biodiesel Yield

Ultrasonic emulsification uses cavitational shear of ultrasonic homogenizersExcess methanol and catalyst are significant cost factors in biodiesel production. Hielscher ultrasonic reactors add cavitational shear to the mixing process. This gives you much smaller methanol droplets resulting in improved methanol and catalyst utilization. Therefore, less methanol and catalyst are required. In addition to that, the cavitation influences the reaction kinetics, leading to faster and more completetransesterification.

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Small and Medium Scale Biodiesel Reactors

Ultrasonic mixing reactors for the production of biodieselFor small and medium size biodiesel production of up to 9ton/hr (2900 gal/hr), Hielscher offers you theUIP500hd, UIP1000hd andUIP1500hd. These three ultrasonic reactors are very compact, easy to integrate or retro-fit. They are built for heavy duty operation in harsh environments. Below you will find recommended reactor setups for a range of production rates.


ton/hrgal/hr
1x UIP500hd
0.25 to 0.5
80 to 160
1x UIP1000hd
0.5 to 1.0
160 to 320
1x UIP1500hd
0.75 to 1.5
240 to 480
2x UIP1000hd
1.0 to 2.0
320 to 640
2x UIP1500hd
1.5 to 3.0
480 to 960
4x UIP1500hd
3.0 to 6.0
960 to 1920
6x UIP1500hd
4.5 to 9.0
1440 to 2880

Full Scale Industrial Biodiesel Reactors

For industrial processing biodiesel production plants Hielscher offers theUIP4000, UIP10000 and UIP16000. These ultrasonic processors are designed for the continuous processing of high flow rates. The UIP4000 and UIP10000 can be integrated into standard sea freight containers. Alternatively, all three processors are available in stainless steel cabinets. The upright installation requires minimal space. Below you find recommended setups for typical industrial processing rates.


ton/hrgal/hr
3x UIP4000
6.0 to 12.0
1920 to 3840
5x UIP4000
10.0 to 20.0
3200 to 6400
3x UIP10000
15.0 to 30.0
4800 to 9600
3x UIP16000
24.0 to 48.0
7680 to 15360
5x UIP16000
40.0 to 80.0
12800 to 25600

Inline Ultrasonic Mixing of Oil and Methanol

Flow-Chart of Continuous Biodiesel Processing Plant - Ultrasonic equipment integration to improve biodiesel technology.Ultrasonic mixing reactors replace tank agitators and other dynamic shear mixers. The ultrasonic reactors are generally installed to mix two feed streams. Oil and methanol (with catalyst). For this, a crude pre-mix is pumped into the ultrasonic reactor, where the ultrasonic cavitation mixes and emulsifies both reagents within 5 to 15 seconds. This is an inline mixing process. When the mix exits the flow cell reactor, the glycerin will separate by gravity within less than 60 minutes. Alternatively, you can feed the mix into a centrifuge after several minutes of residence / reaction time. The inline mixing reduces the number and volume of tanks used for conventional batch processing. This improves capital utilization.

Latest Metal Dtectors

GPA 1000
After years of research and development with the GPA series, we successfully developed the new GPA 1000. Through specially developed high-performance sensors and microprocessor controlled calibration, we were able to improve the search performance a lot of times. The use of high-performance sensors is very difficult, because we must first neutralize the Earth's magnetic field through complex electronics. The automatic calibration is a micro processor monitored, so that the user can search without any settings. With a digital display, the sensor data and the calibration get displayed. With this search performance, you'll be able to reach soil changes up to 15 meters depth.

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With the big search performance and the special 3D system with 5 basic colors, is the new GPA 1000 indispensable high-tech device for all treasure hunter.
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The GPA 1000 is not only a metal detector, but can by measurements of soil changes, find the most items that are buried in the ground. (metals in separate color)The objects in the ground floor change this balance and the GPA 1000 can measure these changes by using the 3D-software. Thus you cansee the strength and the size of the change. The metals are changing the ground balance more than other materials (voids change the soil in the opposite direction), thus you can discover metals faster through color changes. A strong pulse induction metal detector with a digital metal distinction is included with the device.
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On the front of the GPA 1000 is a digital display, with that switch you can check the calibration status and sensor data without a PC. Furthermore, the battery charge status can be read at any time. Above the USB port are two LEDs, which show the correct PC Connection.

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The calibration happens by a microprocessor and it will be done automatically on each floor without settings.


The power supply is guaranteed by a built-in 2400 mAh NiMH accumulator which permits about 5 hours of operation. The provided quick charger can be recharged fully within 2-3 hours the battery. An external car recharger cable for the cigarette lighter is also included. Furthermore, a 110-volt adapter is included. For prolonged operation is a more powerful battery available.


The analysis of data and the 3D presentation realized by a modern, lightweight and very powerful PC.



  • Processor: Intel Atom N270 ( 1.6 GHz)
  • Display: 8,9" WSVGA (1024x600)
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Harddisk: 120 GB
  • Equipment: LAN, WLAN, Cardreader, 3x USB 2.0
  • Accu: Li-Ionen, 2200 mAh
  • Extra: high-performance Accu 5200 mAh
  • Dimensions: 249 (W) x 195 (D) x 36 (H) mm
    (9.8 x 7.68 x 1.42 ")
  • Weight: 1.26 KG
  • MS Windows XP




Horizontal probe

Universal probe:
The horizontal probe consists of sophisticated microprocessor controlled sensors, that can measure the smallest soil change (metal in seperate color) to less than 1 nT.

The sensor data are sent by a 7-wire cable to the microcontroller and after calibration, the data are transfered by an AD converter to the PC. These data will be processed through a newly developed 3D software.

During the operation of the Ground Penetrating Analyzer (GPA 1000) the horizontal probe will be carried at the grab handle of the telescopic pole. The aluminum telescopic pole is height adjustable and can be demountable into three parts.

The horizontal probe is 45 cm (17.72")long and has a diameter of 7 cm (2.76"). With a weight of just 500 grams is a comfortable search ensured.

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Super probe:

The Super probe is a very powerful probe, with about 30 percent more depth performance than the universal probe. The search with the super probe is a little difficult, because the magnetic direction should be aligned. The Super probe is 60 cm (23.62")long and has a diameter of 7 cm (2.76") and weighs approximately 600 g.

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Metal discrimination
With an additional Electronics (gold scan) the metals can be discriminated.

The digital display of the additional electronics shows light metals such as aluminum to about 40, copper about 100 and gold up to 150.

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Search with Live mode

It is useful to scan the areas grossly in the live mode first, to mark the important areas, and then in the 3D system precisely control.

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Download Demo version

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After opening the demo version, open the 5 measurment data from file data

Software

The new GPA 1000 has a newly developed 3D software. This newly developed model has 5 different basic colors, so that the smallest change can be represented. This 3D software is supplied on the PC preinstalled and can be supplied through a USB stick to other PCs.
3-d The new 3-D Software with 5 basic colors
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The new 2-D Software with 5 basic colors
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In the case of a PC data loss, the customers has to present their serial number and customer number to get the software by email from our customer service. Each of the 3 software components are only in combination with our electronic unit and the serial number of the supplied PC functional. The 3-D representations and measuring data can be transferred to provided USB stick and be used for subsequent treatment on other PCs.