Economic Analysis of Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse Using a Sequential Deacetylation, Hot Water and Disk-Refining Pretreatment

Cheng, Ming-Hsun; Wang, Zhaoqin; Dien, Bruce S.; Slininger, Patricia J. W.; Singh, Vijay

doi:10.3390/pr7100642

Economic Analysis of Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse Using a Sequential Deacetylation, Hot Water and Disk-Refining Pretreatment

Journal Article · Fri Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Processes

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7100642· OSTI ID:2375901

Cheng, Ming-Hsun; Wang, Zhaoqin; Dien, Bruce S.; Slininger, Patricia J. W.;

A new process for conversion of sugarcane bagasse to ethanol was analyzed for production costs and energy consumption using experimental results. The process includes a sequential three-stage deacetylation, hot water, and disk-refining pretreatment and a commercial glucose-xylose fermenting S. cerevisiae strain. The simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SScF) step used was investigated at two solids loadings: 10% and 16% w/w. Additionally, a sensitivity analysis was conducted for the major operating parameters. The minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) varied between $4.91and $4.52/gal ethanol. The higher SScF solids loading (16%) reduced the total operating, utilities, and production costs by 9.5%, 15.6%, and 5.6%, respectively. Other important factors in determining selling price were costs for fermentation medium and enzymes (e.g., cellulases). Hence, these findings support operating at high solids and producing enzymes onsite as strategies to minimize MESP.

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Research Organization:: Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Urbana, IL (United States); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018420

OSTI ID:: 2375901

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1803423
OSTI ID: 1991846

Journal Information:: Processes, Journal Name: Processes Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 7; ISSN PROCCO; ISSN 2227-9717

Publisher:: MDPI AGCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

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