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Somewhere in between the avid garage-based hobbyist brewing a biodiesel concoction and massive oil conglomerates investing in big biodiesel factories is the mid-market biodiesel producer and user.
"These clients have everything to gain by producing biodiesel in a location that's convenient for them."
--Eric McLeod, Founder and CEO, PNE
Recognizing a need for a more manageable and realistic approach to biodiesel production, LA-based, Pacific Natural Energy (PNE), has created the BioBox, a mobile processing plant that turns waste vegetable oil into high-quality biodiesel.
Able to be located at or near the source of waste, and requiring 2000 square feet of vacant land, PNE's BioBox system includes 4 - 20' cargo containers, the reactor, a hazmat storage container and 2 - 6,000 gallon storage tanking systems.
"There are an increasing number of biodiesel companies now, but these companies generally cater to small-scale experimenters and users, or multi-million dollar plants," said Eric McLeod, PNE's founder and CEO. "I believe that mid-market biodiesel production has been completely overlooked. What about the companies that have large waste oil disposals but may be spread over a large geographical region. These clients have everything to gain by producing biodiesel in a location that's convenient for them, and then using it to power their trucking fleets - not to mention being a pioneer in what I think will be the standard for waste vegetable oil recycling."
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is the single 20' box version - 1000 gallons a day ASTM grade. $799k. A 45kw generator used , did not see payback schedule on site, rough guess would be 18-24 months if waste oil is free.
Most restaurants use a vat of oil for at least a week, so that's one vat (10 gallons, +) per week from each restaurant. Given 20 restaurants in a given area, that's 200 gallons per week. Refined into 180 gallons at best, that will fuel about 18 vehicles.
In a big city like LA it might work, but what about the smaller cities?
Also might be good in developing countries if you can get diesel from vegetable oil easily.
also check: http://www.ageratec.se/index.asp?lang=EN
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