Business Calculations for a Biodiesel Plant

	tons/year	kg/year	kg/day	kg/hour	price/t	expenses	income
Biodiesel Production:		tons/year			Methanol:	%
Catalyst (NaOH = 5 kg; KOH = 8 kg):		kg for each ton oil			FFA oil:	%

feedstock oil	1,002	1,002,000	2,745.2	114.4	€	601,200 €
methanol	159	158,717	434.8	18.1	€	55,551 €
catalyst	5	5,214	14.3	0.6	€	7,822 €
water	100	100,200	274.5	12.5	€	200 €
acids	4	4,008	11.0	0.5	€	2,004 €
caustic	4	3,607	9.9	0.5	€	721 €
electricity (kW)	3,000			0.3	€	450 €
heating oil (t)	5			0.6	€	3,000 €
biodiesel	1,000	1,000,000	2,739.7	114.2	€		800,000 €
glycerine (methanol free)	120	120,240	329.4	15.0	€		24,048 €
FFA phase	18	18,036	49.4	2.1	€		902 €
methanol recycling	64	63,968	175.3	7.3	€		22,389 €

						670,948 €	847,338 €

					earnings	176,390 €

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