Original scientific paper

Agricultural model of biodiesel fuel production

Neven Voća
Tatjana Krička
Željko Jukić
Vanja Janušić
Ana Matin

Abstract

Since the Republic of Croatia does not have the biofuel utilization models, in this paper technical, technological, cost and agrarian models of utilization of one of the most interesting agricultural biofuels – biodiesel were investigated.
Based on the obtained models and the cost-effectiveness evaluation of the costs, the most efficient and the most convenient model of biodiesel fuel production in the Republic of Croatia was determined. In the obtained results, it was observed that the biodiesel production model with producer an agricultural company with the machinery for raw oil refining, had the best cost-effectiveness evaluation together with a high amortization of invested capital. However, because of the current unresolved proprietary conditions and unsatisfactory financial situation of agricultural companies, the biodiesel fuel production model with the producer an agricultural cooperative society was accepted as currently the most prosperous biodiesel fuel production model in the Republic of Croatia.

Keywords

biodiesel fuel; agrarian model; cost-effectiveness

Hrčak ID:

3077

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3077

Publication date:

10.1.2006.

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