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Table 3 Raw material unit cost for cost analysis

From: Improved ethanol yield and reduced minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) by modifying low severity dilute acid pretreatment with deacetylation and mechanical refining: 2) Techno-economic analysis

Raw material cost

Price ($2007)

Corn stover

$58.50/bushel

Diammonium phosphate

$182.30/ton

Sulfuric acid

$32.10/dry ton

NH3

$300.00/ton

Caustic

$150.00/ton