A New Proposal of Cellulosic Ethanol to Boost Sugarcane Biorefineries: Techno-Economic Evaluation

Table 3

Main parameters adopted for simulating first generation ethanol production.

Parameter	Value	Unit
Sugarcane processed	500	t/h
Efficiency of impurities removal on sugarcane cleaning	60	%
Efficiency of sugars extraction on the milling system	97	%
Sugarcane bagasse moisture content	50	% w.b.
Recovery of sugars on juice treatment	99.4	%
Fermentation yield	89	%
Ethanol recovery on distillation and dehydration	99.7	%

w.b.: wet basis.