Alternative products - Import export

The industry is looking for alternative energy production meeting new requirements: CO2 emission reduction, sustainability, self-sufficiency, co-product valorization. Amongst all the biomass valorizations, combustion keeps the first position in the green energy production market. The term ''biomass'' covers a wide variety of materials with very different characteristics. Depending on its use (production of heat, steam, pellets, gas...) it should undergo various transformations and handling in which DSEC is specialized.

DSEC has been active in biodiesel production EPC as an alternative for the production of biofuels. Our company favors biodiesel production because it's a biodegradable, non-toxic, produced from renewable resources (vegetable oils, recycled or fatty frying oils animal) and that contains no petroleum product but which can be used to replace petroleum diesel in diesel engines. It can be used pure 100% (B100) as fuel replacement but it is used more often mixed with petrodiesel in concentrations of 2% (B2), 5% (B5) and 10% (B10). Unlike some other biofuels, it requires no modification or adjustment, either at the level of the engine, components of the system of power or fuel storage system. De Smet Engineers & Contractors was able to extend its activities from Edible Oils & Fats to the biodiesel plants construction as a logical evolution for Vegetable Oils processing, offering the same quality and dedication with a range of services starting with Engineering & technical assistance to full turnkey projects (EPC) or EPCM commitments.

DSEC has dedicated special attention to the design of sugar refinery EPC construction with particular emphasis on energetic efficiency and white sugar quality. A considerable portion of the sugar market is located in areas where neither beet nor cane can be cultivated. Such markets can be fed by large bulk ships with raw cane sugar that needs to be further refined before being commercialized. As the quality of the raw sugar available on the international market varies considerably depending on its origin, DSEC has developed alternative concepts to adapt the refinery design to the feedstock to be processed. The selected alternative for a refined sugar production will be defined after contemplating the necessity of a raw sugar affination (washing) step before the mandatory re-melting operation. Different purification or possibly decoloration technologies will also be analyzed by DSEC so as to optimize capital expenditures in function of feedstock and finished products as well as of the local environment.