For Biodiesel,feedstock is not problem, right
technology will lead biodisel industry. In order to sustain biodiesel
industry, the technology is very important which has the ability to
handle multifeedstocks readily available, it will be better if it is
locally available and cheap such as used oil, yellow grease, trap
grease or any combination and still meets the ASTM standard to avoid
harm the vehicles. As we all know there are Technology Issues.
Conventional Biodiesel manufactured cost and quality are directly
related to the type of technology employed in the process. All
processes worldwide use similar technology and have restrictions on
the
type of oil to be used. For example, base catalysis systems can only
use high grade, high cost oils that are very low in free fats. This
restriction allows manufacturers to develop their own process
technology based on hundreds of years of experience. This is the
basic
soap manufacturing process and has the lowest capital cost, typically
which is still in millions of dollars for a small plant. Typical
operating costs are $0.50 to $0.80 per gallon. A typical yield from
this plant operation is 93 – 95%. These operations require either
water
washing stages or ion exchange for waterless fuel contaminate process
cleanup after reaction. Most States heavily monitor water discharges
from Biodiesel plants, and most of these have converted to waterless
technologies. Ion exchange is a costly process and adds cost per
gallon, depending on product quality. Low yield, high costs, and
limited oil type used by these processes will eliminate them from the
market in the near future. The second level of technology capable
of
utilizing lower cost oils but requires a costly two step process,
acid/base catalysis. Yield is low but it can convert low cost oils
into
biodiesel. The down side, plants cost twice as much as a base
catalysis
technology and are very complicated systems. A typical yield from
this
plant operation is 85% or less.
Contrary to this We have
developed with years of research and development Heterogeneous
catalytic system that can handle efficiently with minimum dose of
chemical catalyst to handle any comination of feedstock irrespective
of
whatever FFA contents in the oil. In fact, higher FFA is better for
higher btu value in biodiesel.ECR’s technology is capable of
efficiently processing lower cost oils while maintaining high quality
meeting ASTM standard is a market opportunity that few in the world
today is used as an advantage. Our Technical Advantages; •
Lowest capital cost, about 1/3 less than competitors • Lowest
operating cost • Highest quality • Highest yield, better
than conventional method
Any body is interested may contact us
for further details. ahmed_baosman@hotmail.com Dr. A Baosman
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I recently heard Mr. Vinod Khosla at Washington
International Renewable Energy conference (WIREC).
His speech was fascinating as he noted that
innovation rules over most expert forecasts. He
did agree with the fact that even his forecasts
may not come true. He currently does NOT believe
that Fuel Cell or Hybrid cars will be part of
“mainstream” sales, any time soon. So, one
would wonder, if technology is here, "WHAT" is
that stopping it to be mainstream. Innovation in
technologies like Fuel Cell etc will eventually
rule experts’ forecasts!
Congratulations Dr. Ahmed Baosman for your
innovative technology in biofuel.
Thanks,
Geetanjali Patil Choori
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