Methanol from wood waste : a technical and economic study

A. E. Hokanson; R. M. Rowell

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Methanol from wood waste : a technical and economic study

Informally Refereed

Authors:

A. E. Hokanson, R. M. Rowell

Year:

1977

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-12. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 21 p.

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Abstract

A methanol-from-wood waste facility having a capacity of 50 million gallons per year requires 1,500 ovendry tons (ODT) of wood waste per day. The yield of methanol from wood is about 38 percent, or about 100 gallons per ODT of wood. This yield is based on all process energy required coming from the wood waste. At a wood waste cost of $15/ODT, the selling price of methanol is estimated at $0.77/gal; at $34/ODT, the selling price is $0.96/gal.

Keywords

Gasification, methanol, synthesis, feasibility studies, economics, energy, wood waste utilization

Citation

Hokanson, A. E.; Rowell, R. M. 1977. Methanol from wood waste : a technical and economic study. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-12. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 21 p.