I visited a small biodiesel plant in Tennessee yesterday. Several
things came from this visit.
The plant produces 6000 gallons of biodiesel per day. Currently it is
operating on premium grade poultry fat. Previously it was using soybean
oil.
The owner will test process CTT oil for us to demonstrate its effectiveness
as a biofuel using standard transesterfication processes.
The plant itself can be built for about $600,000 anywhere in the world to
produce about 2,000,000 gallons per year. This is about 25% of the
cost of a standard biodiesel facility including remote sensors for
telecommunicated control from the manufacturer's supervision site.
The owner also has a 60kw 3 phase diesel generator on site which he will
operate for us on straight CTT oil or on the converted biodiesel to demonstrate
the viability of this technique.
So, we can begin whenever we can obtain enough CTT seed to extract a test
supply of oil and tallow.
Neal Van Milligen
Kentucky Enrichment Inc