Author/Authors :
Amin Salehi، Farnaz نويسنده Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran , , Abdoli، Mohammad Ali نويسنده Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran , , Shokouhmand، Hossein نويسنده Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran , , Jafari، Hamidreza نويسنده Faculty of Environment ,
Abstract :
Nowadays, the use of ethanol as automotive fuel has been given much attention by the developing countries, such as Iran. The emergence of air pollution of mega cities in the country has forced to replacing fossil fuel by ethanol. Therefore, in this research ethanol production from bagasse is studied from techno-economic and environmental point of views. Among of different technologies for ethanol production, concentrated acid method has been chosen, because it is more applicable than others. Moreover, in this research economic parameters such as breakeven point, net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period (PBP) are determined and discussed. The result of this study shows ethanol production from bagasse is feasible economically.
