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  • How much oil does Afghanistan produce a year?
  • Afghanistan has estimated reserves of 1,908 million barrels of crude oil + 59 trillion cm of natural gas + 667 million barrels of liquid gas. However, the country produces only 8,000 barrels of oil and 59 billion cm of gas per year. To compensate for this lack of domestic production, Afghanistan imported more than 4 million MTs of oil in 2014.
  • How is soybean oil extracted?
  • The crude soybean oil is degummed and may be deodorized, bleached, and neutralized. The oil-depleted, dried soybeans are ground to a uniform size to make soybean meal, and, in some cases, the hulls are blended with the soybean meal. Fuel use (including electricity) was the major energy input for soybean oil extraction.
  • How is soybean hexane converted to biodiesel?
  • Thermal energy is also used to heat the soybean oil to accelerate the conversion process. Flow chart of soybean hexane extraction and transesterification (converting oil to biodiesel). The NREL model used a transesterification model from an older commercial transesterification facility located in Kansas City in 1994.
  • What is the main energy input for soybean oil extraction?
  • Fuel use (including electricity) was the major energy input for soybean oil extraction. The NREL model assumed the highest amount of fuel used. The soybean crushing data reported by NREL were from a single performance study conducted in 1981. There have been many improvements in oil extraction technology since then.
  • How do you convert soybean oil to biodiesel?
  • The energy value for steam is incorporated in the energy value of natural gas used to generate the required steam. The conversion of soybean oil into biodiesel is done by reacting the oil with an alcohol, usually methanol, and a catalyst, such as sodium hydroxide, in large reactors.
  • Is soybean oil production economically feasible?
  • This demonstrates the process can earn profits within the service period, which is the assumption in this study. Therefore, capacities over 34.64 million kg of annual soybean oil productions are economically feasible operating scales. (8) Pay back Time = 100 ROI