Research Article

High-Added Value Materials Production from OMW: A Technical and Economical Optimization

Table 2

Equipment, building, and operational costs for an OMW treatment unit of 50,000 t/yr capacity. Calculations of the fixed cost, initial networking capital cost, and investment capital cost in Euros.

Equipment for capacity Q1 = 50,000 t OMW/yrEuro

Purchase and establishment of basic equipment (UF and RO units, mechanical and electrical parts, etc.)1,000,000 
Auxiliary settlement, environmental protection system, and equipment maintenance department (lifetime: 10 years)78,000 
Substation (lifetime: 15 years)30,000 
Quality control laboratory equipment (lifetime: 10 years)21,000 
Transportation unit and equipment store (lifetime: 10 years)46,000 
2 loading machines, clarks (lifetime: 10 years)30,000 
5 vehicles for OMW collection—product shell (lifetime: 10 years)105,000 
Safety equipment clothing (lifetime: 2 years)5,000 
Office equipment, PC, and furniture (lifetime: 10 years)30,000 
Total purchase and installation cost, CE11,345,000 

Buildings cost

Offices, laboratory, storage and building equipment240,000 
Fencing5,000 
Building site100,000 
Building total (depreciation in 25 years apart from building site)345,000 
General total (CE1 + building total)1,690,000 
Unexpectedly (10% direct cost)169,000 
Fixed cost, C 1 (general total + unexpectedly)1,859,000 
Biodynamic experiments, C 21,000,000 

Total fixed cost, C [C 1 + C 2]2,859,000 
Initial networking capital cost, IC [0.18 * C]334,620 
Investment capital cost [C + IC]3,193,620