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Table 5 Price of chemicals and utilities

From: Systematic design of separation process for bioethanol production from corn stover

Components

Price

References

Corn stover

59 ($/ton)

[7]

Sulfuric acid

250 ($/ton)

[40]

Sodium hydroxide

300 ($/ton)

[41]

Lime

330 ($/ton)

[41]

Ethanol

1.3 ($/gallon)

[42]

Ethylene glycol

1610 ($/ton)

[43]

Steam cost

4$/1000 gal

[44]

Cooling cost

0.05$/1000 gal

[45]