From EcoReality
Project steward
Jan Steinman
Need
Biodiesel on Salt Spring comes from far away, and is expensive.
Description
Organize a workshop. Bring in someone with biodiesel processor construction experience. Pay his expenses from workshop fees.
Goal or deliverable
A working biodiesel processor on-site.
Timeline, schedule, or end date
Hold workshop on September 30, 2006, begin biodiesel production soon thereafter.
Plan
- Get Kelly O'Toole on board as instructor.
- Purchase parts.
- Hold a workshop and build the processor.
Financial budget
- About $450 in materials for the processor.
- About $180 in travel expenses and workshop food.
final balance sheet
Labor budget
- Jan: 20 hours organizing and facilitating.
- Shannon: several hours logistics & lunch planning.
- Carol: a few hours odd jobs and financial planning.
- James: a few hours support.
Time Log
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| Who | In | Out | Hours | Activity | Accomplishment | Paid | | Jan Steinman | 2008-04-07 13:42:00 | 2008-04-07 14:36:00 | 0.9000 | Planning | vidconf with Frank, planning biodiesel processor instruction video | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-02-09 09:27:00 | 2008-02-09 14:47:00 | 5.3333 | Researching | Biodiesel pump research: Grundfos VPS15-58. | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-18 00:00:00 | 2008-01-18 03:00:00 | 3.0000 | Researching | experimenting with spinner & glycerine -- it takes it out! | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-17 00:00:00 | 2008-01-17 03:30:00 | 3.5000 | Preparing | calibrating 1200 liter tank, filtering, preparing for another batch | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-16 00:00:00 | 2008-01-16 03:30:00 | 3.5000 | Constructing | final assembly of centrifugal filter | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-12 00:00:00 | 2008-01-12 05:00:00 | 5.0000 | Procuring | Frys, Joes, REI, Home Depot, Clackamas Steel: parts for proc, hitch, socks | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-11 00:00:00 | 2008-01-11 02:00:00 | 2.0000 | Procuring | Lowes Home Depot, plumbing stores: parts for processor | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-07 00:00:00 | 2008-01-07 03:00:00 | 3.0000 | Maintaining | fix biodiesel pump, flush glycerine, clean filter, fill vanagon | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-06 00:00:01 | 2008-01-06 01:00:01 | 1.0000 | Constructing | working on spinner | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-06 00:00:00 | 2008-01-06 00:30:00 | 0.5000 | Constructing | working on spinner | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-04 00:00:00 | 2008-01-04 00:30:00 | 0.5000 | Procuring | shopping for parts for welder and centrifugal filter | no | | Jan Steinman | 2008-01-02 00:00:00 | 2008-01-02 03:00:00 | 3.0000 | Constructing | working on centrifugal filter mount | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-12-31 00:00:00 | 2007-12-31 06:00:00 | 6.0000 | Constructing | putting together centrifugal filter system | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-12-30 00:00:00 | 2007-12-30 03:00:00 | 3.0000 | Constructing | installed sight gauge on biodiesel tank; installed sight gauge fitting on vegoil tank | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-12-28 00:00:00 | 2007-12-28 01:00:00 | 1.0000 | Procuring | getting biodiesel storage parts for sight gauge | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-12-24 00:00:00 | 2007-12-24 02:00:00 | 2.0000 | Preparing | cleaning sludge from big fuel tanks | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-12-20 00:00:00 | 2007-12-20 02:30:00 | 2.5000 | Maintaining | changing pump on biodiesel processor | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-12-12 00:00:00 | 2007-12-12 01:00:00 | 1.0000 | Planning | planning for shopping on Oregon trip | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-12-06 00:00:00 | 2007-12-06 02:00:00 | 2.0000 | Researching | biodiesel pump research | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-11-23 00:00:00 | 2007-11-23 01:00:00 | 1.0000 | Maintaining | patching in pump; processor pump burned out! | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-11-22 00:00:00 | 2007-11-22 02:00:00 | 2.0000 | Maintaining | working on oil collection system | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-11-21 00:00:00 | 2007-11-21 01:00:00 | 1.0000 | Maintaining | fixing settling tank heater | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-11-19 00:00:00 | 2007-11-19 01:00:00 | 1.0000 | Maintaining | re-assemble settling tank & heater | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-11-17 00:00:00 | 2007-11-17 01:00:00 | 1.0000 | Maintaining | working on processor | no | | Jan Steinman | 2007-11-16 00:00:00 | 2007-11-16 01:00:00 | 1.0000 | Maintaining | fixing biodiesel settling tank | no |
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Vehicle Log
| Who | Vehicle | Date | Distance | Cost | Purpose | Notes | Paid |
Summary
total
by person
| Who | Hours |
| Jan Steinman | 111.2 |
by activity
| Name | Hours |
| Constructing | 44.0 |
| Designing | 4.0 |
| Maintaining | 15.5 |
| Planning | 2.9 |
| Preparing | 10.5 |
| Procuring | 20.0 |
| Researching | 14.3 |
by vehicle
"Vehicles" with no odometer, such as tractors or stationary equipment, are in tenths of an hour, rather than kilometres.
Final accounting
This project received no EcoReality funding nor labour.