Techno-economic evaluation of a combined bioprocess for fermentative hydrogen production from food waste

•The techno-economic evaluation of H2 production from food waste was performed.•The H2 price and labor cost have the highest impact on the net present value.•The unit production cost of hydrogen obtained from this study was US$1.02/m3.•The plant would shutdown with food waste feed less than 0.3ton/d...

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Published in:Bioresource technology 2016-02, Vol.202, p.107-112
Main Authors: Han, Wei, Fang, Jun, Liu, Zhixiang, Tang, Junhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biotechnology - economics
Biotechnology - methods
Combined bioprocess
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Economic feasibility
Fermentation
Food
Food waste
Hydrogen - metabolism
Hydrogen production
Industrialization
Waste Products
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Summary:•The techno-economic evaluation of H2 production from food waste was performed.•The H2 price and labor cost have the highest impact on the net present value.•The unit production cost of hydrogen obtained from this study was US$1.02/m3.•The plant would shutdown with food waste feed less than 0.3ton/day. In this study, the techno-economic evaluation of a combined bioprocess based on solid state fermentation for fermentative hydrogen production from food waste was carried out. The hydrogen production plant was assumed to be built in Hangzhou and designed for converting 3 ton food waste per day into hydrogen. The total capital cost (TCC) and the annual production cost (APC) were US$583092 and US$88298.1/year, respectively. The overall revenue after the tax was US$146473.6/year. The return on investment (ROI), payback period (PBP) and internal rate of return (IRR) of the plant were 26.75%, 5years and 24.07%, respectively. The results exhibited that the combined bioprocess for hydrogen production from food waste was feasible. This is an important study for attracting investment and industrialization interest for hydrogen production from food waste in the industrial scale.
ISSN:0960-8524
1873-2976
DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.11.072