From the study of bio-diesel and approval from PTT PLC, the project of renewable energy to bio-diesel has started and construction was finished in 2006 at Aquatic Feed Mill (Mahachai) of Charoen Pokphand Foods. Bio-diesel plant was firstly produced and fills in 10 company diesel engine cars; consequence that efficiency of engine resembled to diesel fuel. Until July 2006, CPF was ready to produce quality bio-diesel and apply to all vehicles of feed mill as well as further processing plant. Currently, Bio-diesel plant has production capacity of 2,400 liter a day.
Benefits to environment & society
Bio-diesel can decompose naturally and help in reducing greenhouse effect. The usage can lessen 100% of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, 10-50% of carbon monoxide and hydro carbon, 40-60% of soot. At the same time, bio-diesel can be used in all diesel cars which it does not need to change or adapt anything to the engine. In addition, bio-diesel maintains higher safety in transportation because it’s higher temperature rate in lighting a fire of 200 Celsius while diesel is at 70 Celsius.
Furthermore, bio-diesel is the only fuel that has low rate exhaustion, is accredited from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA), safe for human and environment, approved for Clean Air Act and Energy Policy Act, and user has a low risk of getting a cancer.
Types of Vehicles that used bio-diesel
Folk lifts, Carriages, Trucks, Pick-up truck
Quantity of Usage in the plant
37 Carriages and 10 others-total usage of 800 liter/day
Source of vegetable oil
From CPF’s food processing plant (72,000 liter/month)
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