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Table 1 Purchase cost of the main equipment for Scenario 1 and 2

From: Economic and environmental assessment of bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste

Code

Name

Units

Capacity/

Cost (US$)

Size

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

GR-101

Grinder

1

3,000 kg h−1

26,000

0

V-101

Blending tank

1

10,000 L

26,000

26,000

R-101

Stirred reactor

3

10,000 L

135,000

0

FR-101

Fermenter

3

15,000 L

300,000

300,000

ST-101

Heat sterilizer

1

1,681 L h−1

20,000

20,000

ST-102

Heat sterilizer

3

52 L h−1

60,000

0

SFR-101

Shake-flask rack

12

2 L

10,000

10,000

SR-101

Seed reactor

1

1,500 L

35,000

35,000

FDR-101

Freeze dryer

1

433 kg

41,000

41,000

V-102

Blending tank

1

15,000 L

54,000

54,000

RVF-101

Rotary vacuum filter

1

15 m2

52,000

52,000

CR-101

Crystallizer

1

5,000 L

30,000

30,000

AF-101

Air filter

1

32,000 L h−1

1,000

1,000

AF-102

Air filter

3

460,000 L h−1

3,000

3,000

DS-101

Disk-stack centrifuge

1

2,174 L h−1

30,000

0

DS-102

Disk-stack centrifuge

1

1,839 L h−1

30,000

30,000

DE-101

Dead-end filter

1

46 m2

0

10,000

 

Unlisted equipment

  

213,000

152,000

Total

   

1,066,000

764,000