Activated Carbon

Cheap way to produce high quality activatedcarbon

Stephanie Cherdo, Jacinta Xto, Jerick Imbao, MichalKozanecki, Giulia Picciau

Activated Carbon

Overview

1 Context

2 Production

3 SWOT analysis

4 Planning

5 Investment

6 Marketing

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Context

Expansion of biodiesel industry (cont.)

Glycerol is produced asby-product at 10% by mass

Oversupply and low purity→ lower value

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Activated carbon nowadays

Activated carbon hasvarious applications

By 2017, global market foractivated carbon isestimated to reach the sizeof 2.3 million metric tons

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Production

A novel approach

We present a simple one-step method to carbonize glycerol inhigh yields

Lower in cost and energy required than existing commercialmethods

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Comparison with existing methods

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Comparison with existing methods (cont.)

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Comparison with existing methods (cont.)

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Comparison with existing methods (cont.)

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Comparison with existing methods (cont.)

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SWOT analysis

SWOT analysis

Stengths WeaknessesPlenty of raw material Minimal business experienceCheap Limited financial resourcesWaste recycling Limited production capacitiesEasy one step process

Opportunities ThreatsIncreasing demand Competition with bigger companiesPossibility of licensingVenture capital

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SWOT analysis

Location Logistics

Production: Philippines

Abundance of raw material

Cheap and readily available labour

Ease of putting up a business

Readily available market

Target for export: USA

Large market for activated carbon

Well defined export regulations with the Philippines

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Planning

Work packages

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Planning

Gantt chart

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Planning

Source of capitals

Biodiesel companies in the Philippines

Venture capitals

Prior payment upon order for potential customers

Personal savings

Loan from government agencies and cooperatives in thePhilippines

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Legal logistics

Insurance: identify appropriate insurance company to ensureemployees and factory.Export logistic: identify and hire a freight forwarding company.

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Planning

IP protection

Patent registration(US → 10000$, Philippines → 3500$)

Trademark registration: 275$ + 1000$

Licenses selling → high production

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Planning

IP protection

Patent registration(US → 10000$, Philippines → 3500$)

Trademark registration: 275$ + 1000$

Licenses selling → high production

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Planning

IP protection

Patent registration(US → 10000$, Philippines → 3500$)

Trademark registration: 275$ + 1000$

Licenses selling → high production

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Investment

Cost of building up the company

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Investment

Cost of building up the company (cont.)

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Investment

Cost of building up the company (cont.)

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Cost of building up the company (cont.)

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Cost of building up the company (cont.)

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Cost of building up the company (cont.)

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Cost of building up the company (cont.)

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Investment

Production cost

Incoming priceGlycerol: freefreight forwarded cost:10000e/monthSalary: 1600e/monthRent: 600e/ monthTaxes: 12 %

Outgoing price1.6 tons/day46 tons/monthPrice: 1500e/tonIncomingmoney/month:50000e

Production cost=260e/ton

Profits/month=32 000e

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Investment

Production cost

Incoming priceGlycerol: freefreight forwarded cost:10000e/monthSalary: 1600e/monthRent: 600e/ monthTaxes: 12 %

Outgoing price1.6 tons/day46 tons/monthPrice: 1500e/tonIncomingmoney/month:50000e

Production cost=260e/ton

Profits/month=32 000e

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Investment

Production cost

Incoming priceGlycerol: freefreight forwarded cost:10000e/monthSalary: 1600e/monthRent: 600e/ monthTaxes: 12 %

Outgoing price1.6 tons/day46 tons/monthPrice: 1500e/tonIncomingmoney/month:50000e

Production cost=260e/ton

Profits/month=32 000e

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Marketing

Suppliers of crude glycerol

Chemrez Technologies Inc. - Mr. Jun Lao (Managing director)

Philippinas Kao, Inc.

Sakamoto Yakuhin Kogyo Co., Ltd.

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Potential buyers

Water filtration system producers

Facilities emmiting flue gases

Metal finishing companies

Beverage makers

Pharmaceutical companies

Automobile manufacturers

Catalysts producers

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Marketing

Strategy

Mass penetration

Information spread by mouth and publicity

Contact with environmental organizations (Greenpeace,WWF, etc)

Create website, send brochures, web advertisement

Send representative to nearest clients

Attending trade fairs

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Marketing

Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

European Union

SoSMSE Summer School

Universita di Genova

All the teachers: Sandrine Lacombe, Nicolas Rabasso, IvanCoste Maniere, Dorota Piontek, Ryszard Naskrecki, DirkSchanzenbach, Giorgio Musso, Mario Rocca