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Table 2 Costs related with the building of the P(3HB) production plant

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

Costs

Component

% DFC*

Cost (US$)

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Direct

Equipment purchase

15

1,067,000

759,000

Installation

3

230,000

245,000

Process piping

10

709,000

489,000

Instrumentation

6

424,000

324,000

Insulation

1

67,000

44,000

Electrical facilities

2

137,000

101,000

Buildings

6

388,000

307,000

Yard improvement

2

137,000

103,000

Auxiliary facilities

9

644,000

479,000

Indirect

Engineering

14

951,000

713,000

Construction

19

1,331,000

998,000

Other

Contractor´s fee

5

316,000

228,000

Contingency

8

565,000

368,000

  

Total

6,966,000

5,158,000

  1. DFC direct fixed capital
  2. *The contribution (%) of each component was estimated, based on total equipment purchase cost, using several multipliers (Petrides 2015)