Article details

Journal
Biotechnology and Food Science
Volume 80 Number 2
Year
2016
Title
Economic analysis for biogas plant working at sugar factory
Authors

Dominika Ogrodowczyk,1* Tomasz P. Olejnik,1 Marta Kaźmierczak,1Stanisław Brzeziński,1 Andrzej Baryga2
1 Institute of Food Technology and Analysis, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
2 Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology prof. Wacław Dąbrowski, Department of Sugar, Inżynierska 4, 05-084 Leszno
*d.ogrodowczyk@wp.pl

www.cmflorida.com


Pages: 129-136
Abstract

Biogas is produced by the biological processes of anaerobic methane fermentation. It is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide and trace amounts of other gases. By-products of the sugar industry are an efficient source of agricultural biogas. Sugar beet pulp and waste mass plant is characterized by a high content of dry matter and organic dry. The purpose of this article was to develop the economic analysis for biogas plant working at sugar factory and to show the energy balances and material and then calculated the main economic indicators such as Cash Flow (CF), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) costume cosplay pas cher and Discounted Payback Period (DPP). It was found that the biogas plant operating at a sugar factory can be a profitable investment and DPP amounted to 8 years. However, these results are estimates and in reality they may changed.

Keywords
biogas plant, sugar industry, economic analysis
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