Do you have contact details for the Polish equipment supplier and do you know what their output is per hour?
Dave --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jan, > > Sorry for the late reply. Did not see your question at the bottom before. > Since we produce biodiesel from different "oil" sources, these differences > could give different properties. Like coconut has better wintering > properties. Our vegetable oil here is mainly from coconut so thats it. If > we(all of us) produce biodiesel to an economical quantity(maybe more than > what you can sell or use) then we can trade it like a commodity where it is > needed. Just a though. > > Ken C. > > At 07:32 PM 6/5/01 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi to all, > > > >Question to Dick Carlstein: > > > >You deliver two plants for 800 litres of BD per day, do you ? > > > >1) What are the initial costs per plant ? > > I have here the offer from Polish producer (for rapeseed oil > esterification) for the batch > > 400litres/day at say US $ 11,000 (eleven thousand dollars). > > > >2) What are the running costs: > > - sunflower oil (Poland rapeseed oil is about US $ 700/tonne - derived > from the prices of > > rapeseed) > > - methanol ??? (or ethanol), Poland: 791 $/tonne (0,76 kg/liter is the > density of methanol, > > ethanol: 4cents/liter) > > - KOH ??? (Poland 19-to 21 $/25 kg ) > > - electricity ??? (Poland 5cents/kWhr) > > > >3. What are the revenue sources and their prices? > > - biodiesel (Poland - nobody knows yet, Petrol diesel cost US $ > 440/tonne is the wholesale > > price), > > - glycerine ???? (Poland - I do not know yet > > - leftovers from rapeseed sold to farmers as fodder ??? do not know yet > > (applies only when the BD producers gets rapeseed as the raw material) > > > >One very important remark: One can buy rapeseed and other oils at the > agrarian stock exchange > >in Rotterdam for example. > >Prices are (more or less) > >rapeseed oil 400 to 430 Euro/tonne (three months delivery) > >coconut oil 355 Euro/tonne > >sunflower oil : ???? > > > >Other remark: > > > >>From my rough analysis (I am doing it for my to-be installation) it goes > that the most important > >factor for BD production to be profitable is ( I want to sell it for > profit) : > > > >the cost of getting oil whatever it is (sunflower, rapeseed or coconut > etc.) > > > >In case of my country this price or cost of oil should not exceed US$ > 400/tonne. > > > >Any comments ???? > > > >Last question to Ken: > > > >What do you mean by economic quantity of biodiesel ??? > > > > > >jan sur—wka > >to-be producer and seller of rapeseed derived biodiesel > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >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/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ 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/
