Biological production of ethanol from coal. Task 5 report, Economic evaluation [electronic resource].
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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1992. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
The technical and economic feasibility of producing ethanol from syngas using Clostridium. ljungdahlii has been demonstrated. A plant processing 100 million SCF of syngas per day and generating 561 million pound of ethanol per year has a payout of 1.6 yr using a syngas price of $0.50/MSCF. If the raw syngas can be obtained for $0.50/MSCF, the payout time reduces to 0.84 yr.