Len, is this something that you worked on? On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Len Walde wrote:
> FYI, from Len > > Sigma Energy Engineering, Inc. > Renewable Energy, Process Engineering > Serving Agriculture, Industry & Commerce > through "Symbiotic Recycling" tm > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Here is a little more info. on the Smithfield story extracted from Waste > News, some of the "how-to": > > Va. pork producer to develop $20 million swine waste-biodiesel system > > SMITHFIELD, VA. (Feb. 21) -- Smithfield Foods Inc. plans to spend $20 > million developing a system to convert swine waste into biodiesel fuel. > Smithfield Foods, a processor of fresh pork and other meats, will be the > major partner in Best Biofuel LLC, a partnership that plans to construct > the > project at Smithfield Foods´ Circle Four Farms in southwestern Utah. The > partnership will begin construction in April, and the facility could be > producing fuels by October, according to Smithfield Foods. > > A collection system will pump waste to a central processing facility > where > it will be concentrated. The concentrated liquid then will go into a > second > system that produces biogas, which is piped to an enclosed plant where > thermocatalytic processes convert it into biomethanol. > > The biomethanol will be shipped outside of Utah for processing into > biodiesel, using soybean oil, used cooking oil, animal fat, or other > oils. > The biodiesel is a clean-burning, renewable fuel that can also extend the > life of diesel engines because of improved lubricating action, according > to > the company. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Biodiesel - Egroups" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Biofuel - Egroups" <biofuel@egroups.com>; > "Alternate Power - Egroups" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "3rdworldenergy" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "BFIC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "biofuels-biz" > <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com>; "bio-oil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "BiomassGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "EcoPages_Newswire" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "future9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "homeenergysolutions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "sustainablenrg" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "vegoil-diesel" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "wastewatts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:33 AM > Subject: [biofuels-biz] Smithfield to Convert Hog Waste Into Fuel > > > > > > > > Smithfield to Convert Hog Waste Into Fuel > > By REUTERS > > > > > > HICAGO, Feb. 21 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc., the pork producer, > said > today that it would build a $20 million site in Utah that would use waste > from 500,000 hogs to make biodiesel, a renewable fuel for vehicles. > > > > Biodiesel can be made from any fat including vegetable oil and used > cooking oil. About 15 million gallons were used in the United States last > year. > > > > Smithfield said it would be the major partner in BEST BioFuel, a > partnership that will build the plant at Smithfield-owned swine > production > sites near Milford, Utah. > > > > "Livestock waste can be a source of clean, renewable vehicle fuel," > said > Robert F. Urell, a Smithfield senior vice president. > > > > Construction is scheduled to start in April on the new site, pending > final > approval of a conditional use permit and a permit from the Utah > Department > of Environmental Quality. > > > > Smithfield's Utah swine operation produces about one million market > hogs a > year, and the biodiesel project will use the waste from about half of > those > hogs, the company said. > > > > > > > > Steve Spence > > Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter > > & Discussion Boards. 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