Synthesis and techno-economic assessment of microbial-based processes for terpenes production

Table 1 US market data and properties of selected terpenes

Terpene	Formula	Market price ($/kg)	Market volume (10⁶ kg/year)	Market size (10⁶ $/year)	Max. yield (g product/g glucose)	Density (g/L)	Solubility (g/L, 25 °C)	Boiling point (°C, 1 atm)
Isoprene	C₅H₈	1.2	173	208	0.32	681	0.3	34
d-Limonene	C₁₀H₁₆	7	23	160	0.32	842	Insoluble	176
β-Pinene	C₁₀H₁₆	5	20	102	0.32	868	Insoluble	167
α-Pinene	C₁₀H₁₆	2.5	22	56	0.32	860	Insoluble	155
Linalool	C₁₀H₁₈O	4.5	8.6	39	0.37	863	0.7	198
Squalene	C₃₀H₅₀	34	0.5	17	0.32	858	Insoluble	429
γ-Bisabolene	C₁₅H₂₄	160	< 0.5	< 73	0.32	890	Insoluble	261
Lycopene	C₄₀H₅₆	100	< 0.5	< 50	0.33	889	Insoluble	661
α-Humulene	C₁₅H₂₄	50	< 0.5	< 23	0.32	889	Insoluble	276
Valencene	C₁₅H₂₄	50	< 0.5	< 23	0.32	916	Insoluble	271
3-Carene	C₁₀H₁₆	45	< 0.5	< 23	0.32	867	Insoluble	169
γ-Terpinene	C₁₀H₁₆	35	< 0.5	< 16	0.32	849	Insoluble	182

The market price and volume estimates are based on the ICIS [49], CDAT [50], Alibaba.com, and IUR [51] databases. Limited volume data are available for low-volume chemicals, so only an upper bound is presented. The market size is the price multiplied by the market volume

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