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Table 3 Costs of raw materials used in the base case study

From: Turning C1-gases to isobutanol towards great environmental and economic sustainability via innovative biological routes: two birds with one stone

Raw materials

Cost

Unit

References

Inputs

 Biogas

130.3

$/ton

[59]

 Carbon dioxide

74.1

$/ton

[60]

 Natural gas

182.5

$/ton

[61]

 Ammonia

431

$/ton

[33]

 Flocculant

9670

$/ton

[58]

 Electricity

0.1

$/KW

[62]

 Water

0.2

$/ton

[63]

 Cooling tower chemicals

3372

$/ton

[49]

 Sludge disposal cost

15.9

$/ton

[64]

Outputs

 Electricity credit

0.1

$/KW

[62]

 CO2 credit

30.2

$/ton

[65]

 AD sludge N credit

271

$/ton

[44]