Table 5 Capital costs by section
From: Enzymatic corn wet milling: engineering process and cost model
Section | Conventional1 | Enzymatic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
% | (US$ × 100) | % | (US$ × 100) | |
Grain handling | 8.2 | 6,500 | 8.7 | 6,500 |
Steeping (or pretreatment) | 22.3 | 17,700 | 10.7 | 8,000 |
Enzymatic treatment | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 3,700 |
Germ separation | 13.5 | 10,700 | 14.4 | 10,800 |
Fiber separation | 23.7 | 18,800 | 25.9 | 19,400 |
Gluten separation | 27.1 | 21,500 | 30.0 | 22,500 |
Starch washing | 5.2 | 4,100 | 5.5 | 4,100 |
TOTAL | 100.0 | 79,300 | 100.0 | 75,000 |