Research Article
Corecovery of Bio-Oil and Fermentable Sugars from Oil-Bearing Biomass
Table 6
Energy and price balances from jatropha whole seed processing using first and second pathways.
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Heat of combustion of inputs stated as that of jatropha whole seed [9]. bHeats of combustion of outputs obtained from jatropha oil (17498 Btu/lb), fermentable sugars (glucose (6700 Btu/lb) and xylose (6710 Btu/lb) in 2 : 1 ratio) and protein-rich meal (calculated from kernel cake (7825 Btu/lb) and seed cake (10791 Btu/lb) by substracting the contribution from carbohydrate components) [5, 9, 10]. cCosts of inputs estimated from commodity price of soybean whole seed [11]. dPrice of protein-rich meal and bio-oil estimated from soybean and fermentable sugars from 25 kg glucose at Sigma Aldrich [11]. |