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Table 6 Capital cost, total operating cost, and revenue of the three scenarios proposed

From: Novel ethanol production using biomass preprocessing to increase ethanol yield and reduce overall costs

 

Description

Capital cost (MM $)

Total operating cost*

(MM $/year)

Annual revenue (MM $/year)

Scenario 1

CPC feedstock, with overliming

$ 1.38

$ 31.20

$ 70.02

Scenario 2

WTC feedstock, with acidic preprocessing using process water

$ 2.68

$ 20.24

$ 79.85

Scenario 3

CPC feedstock, with acidic preprocessing using process water

$ 2.68

$ 30.41

$81.53

  1. * Total operating cost including the feedstock cost