the selected process route is base-catalysed transesterification. draw a process flow diagram, show the different subsystems on the pfd and use the literature data to determine the likely material balance across the pfd

A community of young farmers has decided to become self-sufficient in the fuel supply to their farming business operations - specifically, the diesel required for the operation of farm machinery. They propose to construct and run a biodiesel manufacturing plant, fed with vegetable oil produced from the crops grown on their own farms. The community requires an annual supply of 300000 tonnes of biodiesel to fulfill their needs, and to supply to their local processing industry. They envisage selling any excess at the price of petroleum diesel. They have approached you to perform a preliminary investigation of the feasibility of such a process, before taking the idea nay further. They have given you one week to report back