Growing the Bioeconomy since 2001

+27 87 353 9800
Get in touch
a
19.03.2014
Furfural Integration to Sugarmill (with ethanol and electricity)
Established South (and Central) American sugar mills are faced with growth limitations due to land unavailability, but have an abundance of biomass available to further grow their business.
(Image: DalinYebo)

Ideal platform for biobased chemicals and energy

Concept and Project Development Plan for a 15,000 tpa furfural plant

 Project SUMMARY

 DATE: 2H13

 DESCRIPTION/FEATURES: Development of concept plan and preparation of the project development plan, incl. marketing study and financial evaluation (feasibility study).

 OUTCOME: Before tax IRR of 28.1% with a payback period of less than four years. 

 STATUS QUO: Investment mandate letter for 70% of the project debt received from a large international financing institution. Client investment decision pending.

Background

Established South (and Central) American sugar mills are faced with growth limitations due to land unavailability (or the available land is expensive), but have an abundance of biomass available to further grow their business.

Our starting point was a sugar mill with ethanol production and electricity generation that wished to evaluate the business impact an integrated furfural production will have on their current operation.

Confidential

DalinYebo is an independent, private company. We work for the exclusive benefit of our clients and detailed information about our work or the client’s affairs remain confidential.

Furfural Links:

Biomass Links:

Choose a Topic

Join Our Newsletter

Articles and Pieces of Information

Subscribe for More

Get NEW Articles as and when we publish them

Read More

Latest Articles

How About Introducing BreakdownPEF?

How About Introducing BreakdownPEF?

01.05.2019 | ,

However, bio-degradation of PET will result in breakdown products such as methane or (at best, if methane is recovered/converted to) CO2, the so called Greenhouse Gases, which in this case a derived from oil.

Our site has moved to a new platform. It is functional, but expect the odd 'hiccup' (e.g. there are over 300 links and references that we are busy editing). Please continue to use it and/or submit your details and we'll notify you once all is 100% up and running.

Click here to access our old site.

We have received your request. Thank you.