DOWEX™ DR-G8
DOWEX™ DR-G8 is a dried cation resin designed as a processing aid to reduce and remove trace salts, soaps, glycerin and other organics from a crude biodiesel stream. This dried media will also serve as a desiccant media to retain and remove trace water.
This resin can be employed as a cost effective and simple to implement solution to purify the biodiesel after the phase separation and demethylation steps. This processing aid can assist you in cleaning your biodiesel and attaining ASTM or EU specifications.
| Product Name |
Type |
Matrix |
Functional Group |
| DOWEX DR-G8 |
Strong Acid Cation |
Styrene-DVB, Gel |
Sulfonic acid |
| Guaranteed Sales Specification |
Units |
H+ Form |
| Total Exchange Capacity, min. |
eq/L |
> 4.5 dried |
| Bead Size Distribution |
|
|
| 300-1200 μm, min. (50 mesh - 16 mesh) |
% |
90 |
| Typical Physical and Chemical Properties |
Units |
H+ Form |
| Water Content |
% |
< 3 |
| Total Swelling (Na+→H+) |
% |
8 |
| Particle Density |
g/mL |
1.22 |
| Shipping Weight** |
Pounds dry resin/5 cu ft drum |
200 |
| Shipping Weight** |
Kg dry resin/5 cu ft drum |
90.7 |
** As per the backwashed and settled density of the resin, determined by ASTM D-2187.
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