As natural resources for fuel have been depleted over many years of use and consumption rates have increased, the race for additional sources has taken off. A major contender in this race is the clean-burning alternative of biodiesel, which can be produced domestically and is renewable. As the need for cost-effect, renewable resources grow; Process Automation Concepts, Ltd. has risen to the challenge. PAC is projecting they will design at least 6 new biodiesel plants by the end of 2007. The designs that PAC produces enables these biodiesel projects to be built quickly, effectively, and hassle free.
Interest in biodiesel fuels has escalated recently, especially by investors. It is speculated this is due to the U.S. government introducing legislation requiring all U.S. diesel fuel to contain no less than 15% biodiesel. Other factors include the ever increasing price of crude oil and the need to introduce renewable forms of energy. Biodiesel is also earth friendly, releasing fewer pollutants than petrodiesel and introducing no additional carbon dioxide into the earth's atmosphere.
PAC takes a client's process and fleshes it out into a working plant model. This includes layouts, piping, equipment lists, instrumentation lists, PFDs, P&IDs, front end engineering and more. The model is also a communication tool that allows all involved parties to walk-through and see what the plant will look like in virtual reality. Such models enable PAC to quickly generate real working drawings with details and dimensions showing exactly what to build and how to build it. Construction can commence sooner and much of the fabrication can be done off-site, which provide PAC client's significant savings in both time and money. The models and drawings PAC produces are 100% constructible, enabling fast and efficient construction.
PAC is currently working on a 90 million gallon per year biodiesel plant that is already under construction in Claypool, Indiana. The facility is estimated to become operational within the third quarter of 2007. Design of an additional 90 million gallon per year plant in Argentina is already underway.
Design of at least four additional biodiesel plants is anticipated before the year's end.
