{
  "version": "co2-plan-v1",
  "inputs": {
    "amount": 20,
    "unit": "t",
    "per": "month",
    "use": "beverage",
    "site": "Fresno, CA",
    "start": "",
    "cylinder_lb": 50,
    "dewar_lb": 414,
    "microbulk_lb": 750,
    "bulk_tons": 14,
    "max_swaps_week": 10,
    "max_deliveries_month": 8
  },
  "monthly": {
    "lb": 44092,
    "kg": 20000,
    "t": 20,
    "ston": 22.046,
    "scf": 385421.3996
  },
  "daily_lb": 1448.6078028747434,
  "modes": [
    {
      "mode": "cylinder",
      "label": "High-pressure cylinders",
      "per_delivery_lb": 50,
      "per_month": 881.84,
      "per_week": 202.80509240246408,
      "days_of_supply": 0.03451589857570534,
      "handling": "staff",
      "within_limit": false,
      "limit_note": "202.8 changes a week against your limit of 10"
    },
    {
      "mode": "dewar",
      "label": "Liquid cylinders (dewars)",
      "per_delivery_lb": 414,
      "per_month": 106.5024154589372,
      "per_week": 24.493368647640587,
      "days_of_supply": 0.2857916402068402,
      "handling": "staff",
      "within_limit": false,
      "limit_note": "24.5 changes a week against your limit of 10"
    },
    {
      "mode": "microbulk",
      "label": "Microbulk tank",
      "per_delivery_lb": 750,
      "per_month": 58.78933333333333,
      "per_week": 13.520339493497604,
      "days_of_supply": 0.5177384786355801,
      "handling": "supplier",
      "within_limit": false,
      "limit_note": "at least 58.8 deliveries a month against your limit of 8"
    },
    {
      "mode": "bulk_tank",
      "label": "Bulk tank",
      "per_delivery_lb": 28000,
      "per_month": 1.5747142857142857,
      "per_week": 0.36215195071868583,
      "days_of_supply": 19.328903202394994,
      "handling": "supplier",
      "within_limit": true,
      "limit_note": "at least 1.6 deliveries a month against your limit of 8"
    }
  ],
  "fits": [
    "bulk_tank"
  ],
  "grade": {
    "label": "Beverage grade: ISBT quality guidelines, CGA G-6.2 quality verification level G, H or I, 99.9% purity or more",
    "documents": [
      "Certificate of analysis with each delivery",
      "Statement that the product meets the ISBT guidelines and the CGA G-6.2 level"
    ],
    "sources": [
      "grades",
      "isbt",
      "cga"
    ]
  },
  "quote_items": [
    {
      "item": "Product and grade",
      "value": "Carbon dioxide, beverage grade: ISBT quality guidelines, CGA G-6.2 quality verification level G, H or I, 99.9% purity or more"
    },
    {
      "item": "Volume",
      "value": "44,092 lb a month (20 metric tonnes; 1,449 lb a day on average)"
    },
    {
      "item": "Delivery point",
      "value": "Fresno, CA"
    },
    {
      "item": "Start",
      "value": "to be stated"
    },
    {
      "item": "Supply mode",
      "value": "Bulk tank"
    },
    {
      "item": "Storage",
      "value": "Tank leased under a service agreement, or a per-pound price if you own the tank: ask for both"
    },
    {
      "item": "Delivery",
      "value": "How refills are scheduled (from usage or fixed), remote level monitoring, the minimum delivery, and what happens if you run short"
    },
    {
      "item": "Documents",
      "value": "Certificate of analysis with each delivery; Statement that the product meets the ISBT guidelines and the CGA G-6.2 level"
    },
    {
      "item": "Price basis",
      "value": "Price per pound or per ton delivered, tank or cylinder rental, delivery charges, any surcharges, contract term"
    }
  ],
  "specification": "Request for quotation: bulk carbon dioxide supply\n\nProduct and grade: Carbon dioxide, beverage grade: ISBT quality guidelines, CGA G-6.2 quality verification level G, H or I, 99.9% purity or more\nVolume: 44,092 lb a month (20 metric tonnes; 1,449 lb a day on average)\nDelivery point: Fresno, CA\nStart: to be stated\nSupply mode: Bulk tank\nStorage: Tank leased under a service agreement, or a per-pound price if you own the tank: ask for both\nDelivery: How refills are scheduled (from usage or fixed), remote level monitoring, the minimum delivery, and what happens if you run short\nDocuments: Certificate of analysis with each delivery; Statement that the product meets the ISBT guidelines and the CGA G-6.2 level\nPrice basis: Price per pound or per ton delivered, tank or cylinder rental, delivery charges, any surcharges, contract term\n\nUse: Beverage carbonation or dispensing.\nPrepared with a supply planner (co2-plan-v1); volumes are the buyer's stated use.",
  "envelope": {
    "action": "source",
    "need": "Beverage carbonation or dispensing: carbon dioxide, about 44,092 lb a month delivered to Fresno, CA. Supply modes that fit the buyer's limits: Bulk tank.",
    "specifications": {
      "material_class": "INDUSTRIAL_GAS",
      "material": "carbon dioxide",
      "grade_or_standard": "Beverage grade: ISBT quality guidelines, CGA G-6.2 quality verification level G, H or I, 99.9% purity or more",
      "form": "liquid or gas",
      "volume": 44092,
      "volume_unit": "lb per month",
      "delivery_point": "Fresno, CA",
      "supply_mode": "bulk_tank",
      "storage_equipment": "lease_from_supplier",
      "documentation_required": [
        "Certificate of analysis with each delivery",
        "Statement that the product meets the ISBT guidelines and the CGA G-6.2 level"
      ]
    },
    "quantity": {
      "amount": 44092,
      "unit": "lb",
      "per": "month"
    },
    "timing": {
      "recurrence": "monthly"
    },
    "geography": {
      "text": "Fresno, CA"
    },
    "requested_fields": [
      "price_per_lb_delivered",
      "tank_rental",
      "delivery_frequency",
      "minimum_delivery",
      "emergency_delivery_terms"
    ]
  },
  "request_endpoint": "/raw-materials/requests",
  "sources": {
    "conversion": {
      "name": "Airgas, Converting Units of Measure for Gas (carbon dioxide table)",
      "url": "https://newemarket.airgas.com/mcm-562.pdf",
      "states": "1 lb of CO2 = 8.7413 scf (gas at 1 atm and 70 F); 1 kg = 2.2046 lb; 1 short ton = 2,000 lb"
    },
    "cylinder": {
      "name": "Airgas, Food Grade Carbon Dioxide, 50 lb high-pressure cylinder",
      "url": "https://www.airgas.com/product/Gases/Carbon-Dioxide/p/CD%20FG50",
      "states": "a 50 pound high-pressure steel cylinder contains approximately 50 lb"
    },
    "dewar": {
      "name": "Airgas, Carbon Dioxide, 180 liter liquid cylinder (350 psi)",
      "url": "https://www.airgas.com/product/Gases/Carbon-Dioxide/p/CD%20180LT350",
      "states": "contains approximately 414 lb"
    },
    "microbulk": {
      "name": "NuCO2, XactCO2 tank specifications; Chart Carbo series",
      "url": "https://www.nuco2.com/Product/XactCO2_1",
      "states": "tanks of 300, 550 and 750 lb (Chart lists 302 to 1,058 lb net capacity)"
    },
    "bulk": {
      "name": "Chart Industries, Bulk CO2 Applications and Storage Systems",
      "url": "https://files.chartindustries.com/21111520_BulkCO2brochure_11x17.pdf",
      "states": "bulk tanks of 6 to 50 tons, up to 100 tons; beverage carbonation at 10 to 25 tons a month paired with 14 to 30 ton tanks"
    },
    "grades": {
      "name": "Matheson, grade specifications for liquid carbon dioxide",
      "url": "https://www.mathesongas.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Grade-Specifications-Liquid-Carbon-Dioxide.pdf",
      "states": "beverage grade conforms to CGA G-6.2 quality verification levels G, H and I at 99.9% purity or more; food grade 99.5%; industrial grade 99%"
    },
    "isbt": {
      "name": "ISBT, Bulk Carbon Dioxide: Quality and Food Safety Guidelines",
      "url": "https://www.isbt.com/resources/guidelines-best-practices-and-white-papers",
      "states": "sets finished-product impurity levels for beverage grade bulk carbon dioxide (members' publication)"
    },
    "cga": {
      "name": "CGA G-6.2, Commodity Specification for Carbon Dioxide (7th edition, 2025)",
      "url": "https://legacy.cganet.com/Publication/Details.aspx?id=G-6.2",
      "states": "defines quality verification levels for carbon dioxide"
    },
    "supply": {
      "name": "NuCO2, programs and pricing",
      "url": "https://www.nuco2.com/Customer/ProgramAndPrice",
      "states": "equipment leasing and service agreements; refills scheduled from the usage pattern; a per-pound plan where the customer owns the equipment"
    },
    "telemetry": {
      "name": "Linde, beverage carbonation",
      "url": "https://www.lindeus.com/industries/food-and-beverage/beverage-carbonation",
      "states": "remote telemetry monitors the customer's storage tank inventory and pressure"
    }
  },
  "note": "Indicative arithmetic from the inputs given; not a quote, a supplier or a delivery commitment."
}