Research Article
Design of Competitive Processing Plants for Hemp Fibre Production
Table 1
Model parameters for the calculation of profitability of fibre processing plants (subset of main parameters).
| | Technical data |
| | 1–8 t h−1 d.m. | Hemp straw throughput | | 25% | Fibre yield | | 55% | Hurd yield | | 80% | Running time | | 5–8 | Employees for two shifts |
| | Economic data |
| | 140–170 € t−1 d.m. | Straw price for hemp | | 0.15 € kWh−1 | Energy price | | 0.55 € kg−1 | Fibre price | | 0.15–0.28 € kg−1 | Hurd price | | 390,000–820,000 € p.a. | Labour costs | | 0.75 € t−1 km−1 | Specific straw transport cost |
| | Investment |
| | 550,000 € t−1 h−1 | Equipment costs per ton straw throughput | | (average at 5 t h−1 throughput) |
| | Financing |
| | 50% | Financed from credit | | 4% | Interest rate | | (10 years duration of the credit) |
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