ASA Publication— Since 1895 ISSN 0030-1442 • Volume 113 • July 2007 >il Mill Gazetteer Inside: Catching Up With Raymond Rush GSPI Algae-To-Biodiesel Phase II Successful Iowa Biodiesel Production Tops 225 MGY Muiholland Joins N. Hunt Moore Finland’s Neste Oil Producing “Second-Generation” Biodiesel JETBELT Air supported belt conveyor M ODEL "RB" TRAMROLL™ BUCKET ELEVATOR Feed mill conveyor Enclosed belt conveyor with Centrifugal Discharge BULK-FLO1 Heavy-duty chain conveyor M O DEL "RS RETROFIT STATIONARY 3-LEGGED TRAMCO components are designed to use 400 TPH unloader with Mobile or stationary TRAM-3 (tripod) design with existing fixed towers or mobile loader 14 ton bulldozer hoist at work in assures equal weight distribution, regardless and unloader frames. San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico. of rail or dock conditions. TRAMCO, Inc. • 1020 East 19th Street TRAMCO-EUROPE LTD EURO-TRAMCO, B.V. • Space-shuttle 8 W ichita, KS 67214 • Phone: 316-264-4604 Unit 1 • Bankside Industrial Estate • Valleta Street 3824 ML Amersfoort • The Netherlands Fax: 316-264-7965 • Email: [email protected] Hull, England H U9 5NP • Phone: 011-44-1482-782666 Phone: 011-31-33-4567033 Web Site: www.tramcoinc.com Fax: 011-44-1482-793920 Fax:011-31-33-4558149 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Oil Mill Gazetteer • Volume 113, July 2007 Contents Index to Advertisers Algae-to-Biodiesel?.................................................................................. 2 3 E ................................................................................................................ 8 Neste O il's New Refinery.........................................................................3 Anderson International C orp....................................................................4 A & M Vegetable Oil Short C o u rse...........................................................6 Breitenbach Trupbach G m b H ............................................................... 11 New Crush Facility at Arkansas Port................................................... 1 2 C.A. Picard International........................................................................17 N. Hunt Moore Adds Mulholland ........................................................ 14 Cantrell Worldwide, Inc.......................................................................... 16 Catching Up with Raymond Rush........................................................ 1 9 Carver, Inc.......................................................................................Cover 4 Creason Corrugating............................................................................. 12 On the cover... Neste Oil’s Porvoo, Finland, refinery recently fin­ Crown Iron Works C o m p a n y................................................................ 15 ished a $965 million diesel production line that had been under con­ Desmet Bellestra........................................................................................3 struction for the last four years, and a $138 million biodiesel plant that Fell & Com pany International............................................................... 10 had been under construction for the last 18 months. The new biodie­ Harburg-Freudenberger M aschine..............................................Cover 3 sel plant is the first to produce second-generation biodiesel based on Interstates C om panies...............................................................................5 Neste Oil’s proprietary NExBTL (Next Generation Biomass To Liq­ IO M SA Booster C lu b ...............................................................................13 uid) technology. Neste Oil and Raisio have agreed to a contract under Laidig Sytems Inc....................................................................................... 6 which Raisio will supply 10,000 tons of rapeseed oil to Neste Oil this M & W Contractors......................................................................................9 year for use as a feedstock. Photo by Erkki Ollikka. 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GSPI’s May 11, 2007 press release, titled “Green Star for growth are available.” Completes Algae Phase I Demo Facility,” explained in detail Algae harvesting occurred sooner than expected and the five most important operating parameters that need to be GSPI had not yet received all harvesting equipment. GSPI controlled. However, management of these parameters has harvesting techniques allow only the algae cells larger than so far eluded the commercial microalgae industry. 2 microns to be captured and the smaller size algae returned These parameters include daily and seasonal pond to the pond to reproduce. temperatures,