Research Article
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 |
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