IFISUR 23398
INSTITUTO DE FISICA DEL SUR
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Influence of economical variables on a supercritical biodiesel production process
Autor/es:
J. M. MARCHETTI
Revista:
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
Editorial:
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2013 vol. 73 p. 658 - 663
ISSN:
0196-8904
Resumen:
Biodiesel has becoming more and more relevant in today?s
society and economy due to its environmental advantages such as
biodegradability, lower CO and CO2 emissions as well as less particulate pollutants.
In
this work the study of market and economic variables is presented and
their effects compared when biodiesel is being produced using a
supercritical technology. The production process is based on a
supercritical technology with no catalyst and no co-solvent. Price for
the raw materials, such as price for the alcohol as well as the oil has
been studied. Also, selling price for biodiesel as well as glycerin has
been analyzed and compared with prices from other biodiesel production
technologies. Economic decisions such as percentage of failure in the
production process, investment in research and development, and
advertisement have been evaluated; also it has been considered the
influence of the tax incentives on the global economy of the production
process.
Small variations on some of the major market
variables would produce significant effects over the global economy of
the plant, making it non profitable in some cases.
