The focus of many biodiesel producers is currently to get production facilities up and running as quickly as possible to take advantage of
current demand, both consumer- and political- driven. As the process is fairly well known, well developed, and relatively simple to design,
build and operate, rigorous simulation is only now generating strong interest. This has illuminated significant value-add opportunity in the
optimization of the process(es), including energy usage and reactor conversion, for the many forward-looking biodiesel producers and
process development groups.