Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost Analysis
Global economic development has led to the widespread use of fossil fuels, and their extensive use has resulted in increased environmental pollution. As a result, significantly more attention is being paid to environmental issues and alternative renewable energy sources. Bioethanol production from a...
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| author | Damjan Vučurović Bojana Bajić Vesna Vučurović Rada Jevtić-Mučibabić Siniša Dodić |
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| description | Global economic development has led to the widespread use of fossil fuels, and their extensive use has resulted in increased environmental pollution. As a result, significantly more attention is being paid to environmental issues and alternative renewable energy sources. Bioethanol production from agro-industrial byproducts, residues, and wastes is one example of sustainable energy production. This research aims to develop a process and cost model of bioethanol production from spent sugar beet pulp. The model was developed using SuperPro Designer<sup>®</sup> v.11 (Intelligen Inc., Scotch Plains, NJ, USA) software, and determines the capital and production costs for a bioethanol-producing plant processing about 17,000 tons of spent sugar beet pulp per year. In addition, the developed model predicts the process and economic indicators of the analyzed biotechnological process, determines the share of major components in bioethanol production costs, and compares different model scenarios for process co-products. Based on the obtained results, the proposed model is viable and represents a base case for further bioprocess development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3e9b6e182c24e5fa33ae66e7a8fcd942023-11-24T01:08:38ZengMDPI AGFermentation2311-56372022-03-018311410.3390/fermentation8030114Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost AnalysisDamjan Vučurović0Bojana Bajić1Vesna Vučurović2Rada Jevtić-Mučibabić3Siniša Dodić4Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaDepartment of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaDepartment of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaInstitute of Food Technology in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaDepartment of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaGlobal economic development has led to the widespread use of fossil fuels, and their extensive use has resulted in increased environmental pollution. As a result, significantly more attention is being paid to environmental issues and alternative renewable energy sources. Bioethanol production from agro-industrial byproducts, residues, and wastes is one example of sustainable energy production. This research aims to develop a process and cost model of bioethanol production from spent sugar beet pulp. The model was developed using SuperPro Designer<sup>®</sup> v.11 (Intelligen Inc., Scotch Plains, NJ, USA) software, and determines the capital and production costs for a bioethanol-producing plant processing about 17,000 tons of spent sugar beet pulp per year. In addition, the developed model predicts the process and economic indicators of the analyzed biotechnological process, determines the share of major components in bioethanol production costs, and compares different model scenarios for process co-products. Based on the obtained results, the proposed model is viable and represents a base case for further bioprocess development.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/8/3/114bioethanolspent sugar beet pulpmodeleconomics |
| spellingShingle | Damjan Vučurović Bojana Bajić Vesna Vučurović Rada Jevtić-Mučibabić Siniša Dodić Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost Analysis Fermentation bioethanol spent sugar beet pulp model economics |
| title | Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost Analysis |
| title_full | Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost Analysis |
| title_short | Bioethanol Production from Spent Sugar Beet Pulp—Process Modeling and Cost Analysis |
| title_sort | bioethanol production from spent sugar beet pulp process modeling and cost analysis |
| topic | bioethanol spent sugar beet pulp model economics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/8/3/114 |
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