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Table 6 Cash operating cost and minimum fuel selling price for 380 million liter per year jet fuel facility

From: Hydrocarbon bio-jet fuel from bioconversion of poplar biomass: techno-economic assessment

Operating cost

USD per liter

Reforming

Gasification

Feedstock

0.23

0.23

Cellulase enzymes

0.13

0.13

Fermentation nutrients

0.01

0.01

Other raw materials

0.09

0.09

Waste disposal

0.01

0.01

Electricity

−0.02

0.004

Reforming/Gasification O&M

0.01

0.01

Natural gas (and hog fuel)

0.07

0.07

Fixed manufacturing costs

0.14

0.15

Total cash cost

0.67

0.70

Minimum selling price with 7 % discount

0.93

0.99

Minimum selling price with 15 % discount

1.13

1.22

  1. Operating costs are broken down into major groupings