Effect of Corn Stover Compositional Variability on Minimum Ethanol Selling Price (MESP)

Ling Tao; David W. Templeton; David Humbird; Andy Aden

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.083

Effect of Corn Stover Compositional Variability on Minimum Ethanol Selling Price (MESP)

Ling Tao, David W. Templeton, David Humbird, Andy Aden

Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale-Up Center

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

A techno-economic sensitivity analysis was performed using a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 2011 biochemical conversion design model varying feedstock compositions. A total of 496 feedstock near infrared (NIR) compositions from 47 locations in eight US Corn Belt states were used as the inputs to calculate minimum ethanol selling price (MESP), ethanol yield (gallons per dry ton biomass feedstock), ethanol annual production, as well as total installed project cost for each composition. From this study, the calculated MESP is $2.20. ±. 0.21 (average. ±. 3 SD) per gallon ethanol.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	426-430
Number of pages	5
Journal	Bioresource Technology
Volume	140
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.083 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.083
State	Published - 2013

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NREL/JA-5100-58637

Keywords

Bioethanol
Cellulosic biomass
Corn stover composition
Process economics
Techno-economic analysis

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