Techno-economic assessment of hybrid extraction and distillation processes for furfural production from lignocellulosic biomass

Table 5 Comparison of key results between the hybrid and traditional distillation processes and their improved processes

Process	TCE (ton/year)	TIC (k$/year)	TOC (k$/year)	TAC (k$/year)	Methanol profit (k$/year)	Solvent cost (k$/year)	TAC* (k$/year)
Distillation process [4]	42,903	4501	8666	9337	−2306		7031
Hybrid process	17,901	3085	3663	4123		1558	5680
Savings (%)	58.3	31.5	57.7	55.8			19.2
Advanced distillation process [4]	37,938	4928	7661	8396	−2306		6089
Enhanced hybrid process	16,978	2935	3510	3947		1558	5505
Savings (%)	55.2	40.4	54.2	53.0			9.6

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