TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic feasibility of a pilot-scale fermentative succinic acid production from bakery wastes
AU - Lam, Koon Fung
AU - Leung, Cho Chark Joe
AU - Lei, Ho Man
AU - Lin, Carol Sze Ki
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - In this paper, the techno-economic study for a pilot-scale production of succinic acid from food waste via fermentation was evaluated. The pilot plant was based in Hong Kong and designed for converting 1 tonne/day of bakery waste into succinic acid. The mass and energy balance of the process was simulated by computer package SuperPro Designer®. The total capital investment for the plant and the total production cost were US$ 1,118,243 and US$ 230,750/year respectively. Overall revenue generated from the process was US$ 374,041/year. The return on investment, payback period and internal rate of return of the project were 12.8%, 7.2 years and 15.3% respectively. The findings indicated that the fermentative succinic acid production from bakery waste was feasible. This is important for attracting investment and industrialization interest on the biorefinery process using domestic wastes as raw materials. © 2013 The Institution of Chemical Engineers.
AB - In this paper, the techno-economic study for a pilot-scale production of succinic acid from food waste via fermentation was evaluated. The pilot plant was based in Hong Kong and designed for converting 1 tonne/day of bakery waste into succinic acid. The mass and energy balance of the process was simulated by computer package SuperPro Designer®. The total capital investment for the plant and the total production cost were US$ 1,118,243 and US$ 230,750/year respectively. Overall revenue generated from the process was US$ 374,041/year. The return on investment, payback period and internal rate of return of the project were 12.8%, 7.2 years and 15.3% respectively. The findings indicated that the fermentative succinic acid production from bakery waste was feasible. This is important for attracting investment and industrialization interest on the biorefinery process using domestic wastes as raw materials. © 2013 The Institution of Chemical Engineers.
KW - Biorefinery
KW - Fermentation
KW - Food waste
KW - Platform chemical
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fbp.2013.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.fbp.2013.09.001
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0960-3085
VL - 92
SP - 282
EP - 290
JO - Food and Bioproducts Processing
JF - Food and Bioproducts Processing
IS - 3
ER -
