The present invention provides a novel crude
biodiesel refining method, which comprises: placing crude
biodiesel in a crystallizer, adding a conditioning agent, and uniformly conducting mixing; conducting cooling to a cooling
crystallization temperature from
room temperature at a certain
cooling rate, and maintaining a certain
crystallization time; allowing glycerin, a catalyst, residual
soap and other impurities to be separated out in a
solid phase mode and attached to the wall face of the cooling structure of a crystallizer; and introducing
biodiesel existing in a
liquid phase form into a rectifying
tower, and obtaining refined biodiesel at the top of the
tower. According to the refining method, a non-polar
solvent is added, the content of residual impurities such as glycerin, a catalyst and residual
soap in the crude biodiesel is greatly reduced through cooling
crystallization, and standard requirements are met through further rectification; a washing process is not needed, and
wastewater discharge is avoided; control of a high-vacuum rectification process is facilitated, the separation load of the rectification process is reduced, and the service life of filler in a rectification
tower is prolonged; and meanwhile, the quality of the biological
asphalt as a byproduct is improved.