Life-cycle costing: Analysis of biofuel production systems

• Main Authors: Razon, Luis F., Khang, Dinh S., Tan, Raymond Girard R., Aviso, Kathleen B., Yu, Krista Danielle S., Promentilla, Michael Angelo B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Life cycle costing; Biomass energy; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2275; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3274/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

The economic feasibility of biofuels depends not only on investment costs but also on other costs incurred throughout the product life cycle. Such factors include agricultural inputs, which determine the cost of the feedstock, other raw materials, interest rates, labor cost, plant capacity, energy,...