Biodiesel processor

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Contents 1 Project steward 2 Need 3 Description 4 Goal or deliverable 5 Timeline, schedule, or end date 6 Plan 7 Financial budget 8 Labor budget 9 Time Log 10 Vehicle Log 11 Summary 11.1 total 11.2 by person 11.3 by activity 11.4 by vehicle 12 Final accounting

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

1. Get Kelly O'Toole on board as instructor.
2. Purchase parts.
3. 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

Hours

111.2

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.

Name

Distance

Final accounting

This project received no EcoReality funding nor labour.