Life Cycle Costs and Life Cycle Assessment for the Harvesting, Conversion, and the Use of Switchgrass to Produce Electricity

Table 7

Biorefinery capital cost components based on the reference plant size [36].

Capital cost
Fast pyrolysis (28 mmgpy bio-oil)	Cost (millions)
Handling and drying	5.57
Pyrolysis reactor	3.92
Quench	1.94
Heat recovery	1.14
Product recovery and storage	0.8
Recycle	1.38
Steam and power production	3.16
Utilities	3.13
Contingency	7.37
Total	28.41