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Table 6 Cost of raw materials, chemicals and utilities, and prices of products

From: Techno-economic evaluation of integrated first- and second-generation ethanol production from grain and straw

Input

Cost/unit

Units

Wheat graina

0.23

EUR/kg DM

Wheat strawb

0.09

EUR/kg DM

Yeast license

0.01

EUR/L ethanol produced

Enzyme 2G

3.00

EUR/106 FPU

Enzyme 1G

3.33

EUR/kg enzyme solution

Sulfur dioxidec

0.17

EUR/kg

Phosphoric acid (50 %)c

0.56

EUR/kg

(NH4)2HPO c4

0.67

EUR/kg

MgCl c2

0.17

EUR/kg

Ammonia (25 %)d

0.22

EUR/kg

Antifoame

2.22

EUR/kg

Utilities

 Process waterf

0.16

EUR/kg

 Cooling waterf

0.02

EUR/kg

 Natural gasg

33.00

EUR/MWh

Products

 Ethanol

0.56

EUR/L

 Biogas, rawg

33.00

EUR/MWh

 Biogas, upgraded to vehicle fuel qualityg

67.00

EUR/MWh

 DDGSh

0.27

EUR/kg dry

 Electricity (spot and certificate price)i

0.67

EUR/MWh

 Carbon dioxidej

0.003

EUR/kg

  1. a[49], b [50]. c [51], d [52], e [53], f [54], g [45], h [55], i [56], j [57]