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Pilot Plant – Algae to Biodiesel
Overview We can use the biodiesel for internal combustion engines (vehicles, boats and, eventually, jet airplanes), external combustion engines (steam engines), heating and cooling, and running generators so we can get off the grid. See: Green Independence; http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/GREEN+INDEPENDENCE
Biodiesel is a locally produced product which can be used locally, thus avoiding transportation costs and the cost of foreign fossil oil. We can make it ourselves and not be slaves to Big Oil. Because we will be self-sufficient in energy, we can grow our own food, build our own houses, heat our homes and shops, and have enough left over to share with our neighbors.
Our approach is to place in the hands of small farms, small villages, small towns, farmer cooperatives, and other small energy consumers, the systems with which they can produce their own biodiesel derived from locally available kitchen waste oils and/or algae. See: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/PROSPECTS+FOR+THE+BIODIESEL+INDUSTRY
Objectives for the pilot plant:
Technology: The three main technology elements to achieve these results for which the grant is needed, are:
Products: The pilot plant will resemble the production units, as follows:
Marketing:
The production units will be marketing primarily to large farms and to farm cooperatives. Federal subsidies and tax credits are available. Leasing arrangements will be made available to the customer.
Overview We can use the biodiesel for internal combustion engines (vehicles, boats and, eventually, jet airplanes), external combustion engines (steam engines), heating and cooling, and running generators so we can get off the grid. See: Green Independence; http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/GREEN+INDEPENDENCE
Biodiesel is a locally produced product which can be used locally, thus avoiding transportation costs and the cost of foreign fossil oil. We can make it ourselves and not be slaves to Big Oil. Because we will be self-sufficient in energy, we can grow our own food, build our own houses, heat our homes and shops, and have enough left over to share with our neighbors.
Our approach is to place in the hands of small farms, small villages, small towns, farmer cooperatives, and other small energy consumers, the systems with which they can produce their own biodiesel derived from locally available kitchen waste oils and/or algae. See: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/PROSPECTS+FOR+THE+BIODIESEL+INDUSTRY
Objectives for the pilot plant:
- Low capital cost per yield
- Low operating cost per yield
- As close to “off-the-shelf” as is reasonably possible
- Easily scaled to about 30,000 gallons of algal oil which will make 24,000 gallons of B99 per year
- Reliable operation
- Inputs can be varied
- Metrics are recordable and measurable
- Entire process is patentable and an application for a patent will be made
- Team collaborative approach is used with all stakeholders
- Team members should hold science or engineering degrees or have worked in comparable areas to gain insight into the technology, including the patent agent
Technology: The three main technology elements to achieve these results for which the grant is needed, are:
- Covered, rectangular ponds in which algae is grown. See: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/PROPAGATION+OF+ALGAE+BY+USE+OF+COVERED+PONDS
- An algal oil extraction plant, which includes a fractional distillation plant. See: Flow Path diagram: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/Schematic+flow+diagram+of+extraction+process; Step processing list: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/Process+steps+for+extraction+of+algal+oil.
- Microwave Cell Bomb Tunnel: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/DESIGN+OF+THE+MICROWAVE+CELL+BOMB+TUNNEL
Products: The pilot plant will resemble the production units, as follows:
- Pond: The pond can be dug and fabricated by most persons possessing farming skills. The cover will be delivered in kit form and the harvest system as an assembled unit. Plumbing and electrical systems require skills common to many farm workers, but should be supervised by licensed contractors.
- Extraction unit: The extraction unit will be housed in a cargo container and delivered, ready for use.
- Biodiesel production: The product is primarily a small, skid mounted biodiesel unit which can be operated by one person and uses known and well understood transesterification chemistry to produce biodiesel (B99). The B99 would not necessarily be sold but used primarily by the producer for fuel and heating uses and farm or other off-road use.
Marketing:
The production units will be marketing primarily to large farms and to farm cooperatives. Federal subsidies and tax credits are available. Leasing arrangements will be made available to the customer.
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