THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Nikola J. Budimir

,

Marko S. Jarić

,

Branislav M. Jaćimović

,

Srbislav B. Genić

,

Nikola B. Jaćimović

RECTIFIED ETHANOL PRODUCTION COST ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT
This paper deals with the impact of the most important factors of the total production costs in bioethanol production. The most influential factors are: total investment costs, price of raw materials (price of biomass, enzymes, yeast), and energy costs. Taking into account these factors, a procedure for estimation total production costs was establish. In order to gain insight into the relationship of production and selling price of bioethanol, price of bioethanol for some countries of the European Union and the United States are given.
KEYWORDS
bioethanol, investment costs, operating costs, total production costs
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2010-09-14
PAPER REVISED: 2011-01-31
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2011-03-15
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI100914022B
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2011, VOLUME 15, ISSUE Issue 2, PAGES [281 - 292]
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