PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF ETHANOL-PRODUCTION FOR SSF TECHNOLOGY

被引:147
作者
HINMAN, ND [1 ]
SCHELL, DJ [1 ]
RILEY, CJ [1 ]
BERGERON, PW [1 ]
WALTER, PJ [1 ]
机构
[1] SOLAR ENERGY RES INST,DIV FUELS & CHEM RES & ENGN,GOLDEN,CO 80401
关键词
ETHANOL PRODUCTION COSTS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION; ETHANOL FROM BIOMASS;
D O I
10.1007/BF02920584
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) recently completed a detailed engineering and economic analysis of the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) based wood-to-ethanol process. The reference-case design was based on a plant capacity of 1920 dry t/d and a wood cost of $42/dry t. For this case, the preliminary estimate of the production cost of the ethanol product is about $1.22/gal. The combined effects of optimizing SSF enzyme loading, increasing plant capacity to 10,000 dry t/d, and reducing wood cost to $34/dry t are to reduce the preliminary estimate of the production cost to about $0.95/gal. Other technological improvements may further reduce the production cost. Certain technical assumptions, inherent in the analysis, are being investigated further.
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页码:639 / 649
页数:11
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