Hi David Watch out for (1) environmental protection, (2) workplace safety officers and (3) insurance issues. In some places town planning will be in in it too.
If (1) and (2) aren't happy, (3) won't be interested :( But if you set up a small operation hidden away and be careful to dispose byproducts responsibly you might get away with it. Trouble is sooner or later you'll want to expand and then they'll want to see the professional design drawings that show the plant is safe etc. This really shoves up the front end costs. D --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "david e cruse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Thanks for the info. So far these are the costs that I`ve > been able to come up with : > Methanol= $2.25 gal delivered KOH= .89cents lb > Oil= free or can get collection fee > > The site costs---unknown at this point > Marketing costs---unknown > Vehicle---have small Chevy pickup truck > 250gal collection tank with transfer pump for truck= $750.US > Plant costs= $2,500.US approx. > Misc. Chems.,test equip,filters,quench acid,etc.---unknown > Scale---have lab grade Ohaus scale > Centrifuge---would like to have one later ! > Package generator for process heat & electricity---variable > > That`s about as much as I can figure at this point, which > is a lot more info than I started with, thanks for your input. > Glad to have you on board. > David Cruse,Atlanta,Ga. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:03 AM > Subject: [biofuels-biz] Re: cost > > > METHANOL: £80 per barrel with recovery you'll use 12.5% per litre of > ester produced. Cheaper by the tonne, but you'll need storage. > OIL: varies from the bare cost of collection to £150/tonne depending > on your source. > CHEMICALS: Fraction of a penny per litre. NaOH is about £1.30 per kg. > You'll probably use about 5g per litre of oil > > Then you add in: > site costs > plant costs (see my question about this) > waste disposal > labour > vehicles > insurance > marketing > etc > > At least the energy is cheap, you run a package generator on FFA to > provide electricity and process heat. Waste disposal should also be > easy enough. Most can be sold as low grade fuel or composted. > > Dave > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "david e cruse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No specific amount, just bottom line cost > > on any amount produced. > > > Sponsor: > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel at WebConX > > http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
