Research Article
Life Cycle Costs and Life Cycle Assessment for the Harvesting, Conversion, and the Use of Switchgrass to Produce Electricity
Table 8
Biomass fast pyrolysis annual operating cost components based on the reference plant size [
36].
| Fast pyrolysis operation cost | Cost | Explanation |
| Water treatment | 1 | Linear scaling | Electricity | 0.21 | Linear scaling | Labor | 1.34 | 0.6 power law scaling | Overhead | 0.8 | 60% labor | Maintenance | 0.57 | 2% equip | Insurance/taxes | 0.72 | 1.5% TCI | Charcoal (credit) | 1.92 | 50/ton |
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