"The processor is only able to stay up continuousl
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Posted On: 11/25/2013 1:02:29 PM
Re: techisbest #5936
"The processor is only able to stay up continuously because it is mostly flushing fluid through the system with a relatively small percentage of preprocessed plastic."
Would you mind enlightening us as to exactly how you come to this conclusion? Please tell us what the ratio of HTF to plastic they are using and how they are, as you are concluding, able to run a higher percentage of HTF versus plastic even though this would not be allowed due to the restrictions in the permit?
Also they have not indicated that they have a "major" issue with throughput, you have. Why, because they have not produced as much fuel as you think they should have. Exactly how much fuel should they have produced for the quarter? At what rate should they ramp up production and why? Should they go from 500 lbs per hour to 3000 lbs in 30 days? What is your rational for that? Please tell us what rate they should be running right now.
They are doing exactly what they said they were going to do in the August PR. "We will continue to ramp up production slowly" Unfortunately we do not know how quickly they will ramp up production or what exactly that means. The first run was 30 days the second was 42 day. Maybe running 12 days longer than the first run is slowly ramping up production. We do know that there target is 3000 lbs per hour. Maybe that's a limitation of the 3rd kiln and residual removal system and that is why the target is 3000 lbs per hour, who knows. Maybe their thought is if they can run for 42 days versus 30 days at a lower rate maybe that yields more consistent rates and is better for the processor long term.
The question is you have to ask yourself is why would they install the high speed loaders if they were not planning to "ramp up production"? I think ramping up production is a little more complicated than just shoving plastic in one end and filling up fuel tanks at the other end don't you?
Would you mind enlightening us as to exactly how you come to this conclusion? Please tell us what the ratio of HTF to plastic they are using and how they are, as you are concluding, able to run a higher percentage of HTF versus plastic even though this would not be allowed due to the restrictions in the permit?
Also they have not indicated that they have a "major" issue with throughput, you have. Why, because they have not produced as much fuel as you think they should have. Exactly how much fuel should they have produced for the quarter? At what rate should they ramp up production and why? Should they go from 500 lbs per hour to 3000 lbs in 30 days? What is your rational for that? Please tell us what rate they should be running right now.
They are doing exactly what they said they were going to do in the August PR. "We will continue to ramp up production slowly" Unfortunately we do not know how quickly they will ramp up production or what exactly that means. The first run was 30 days the second was 42 day. Maybe running 12 days longer than the first run is slowly ramping up production. We do know that there target is 3000 lbs per hour. Maybe that's a limitation of the 3rd kiln and residual removal system and that is why the target is 3000 lbs per hour, who knows. Maybe their thought is if they can run for 42 days versus 30 days at a lower rate maybe that yields more consistent rates and is better for the processor long term.
The question is you have to ask yourself is why would they install the high speed loaders if they were not planning to "ramp up production"? I think ramping up production is a little more complicated than just shoving plastic in one end and filling up fuel tanks at the other end don't you?
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