Table 2.
Process Economic analysis for raw material cost calculation for production of pullulan using DOJSC
| Raw material | Process I | Process II | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requirement (g/L media) | Rate ($/Kg) |
Cost/L media ($) |
Pullulan produced g/L |
Cost of raw material/Kg Pullulan produced ($) |
Requirement (g/L media) |
Rate ($/Kg) |
Cost/L media ($) |
Pullulan produced (g/L) |
Cost of raw material/Kg Pullulan produced ($) |
|
| Glucose | 150 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 66.8 | 1.8 | 150 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 83.13 | 1.4 |
| Yeast Extract | 15 | 70 | 1.1 | 15.7 | - | |||||
| Peptone | 20 | 28 | 0.6 | 8.4 | - | |||||
| DOJSC | - | - | 80 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.1 | ||||
| Total | 25.9 | 1.5 | ||||||||
*The prices were obtained as per the rate of supply of commercial grade bulk materials by Hi-Media, India (1 USD = 50 INR).
Process I: Roy Choudhury et.al [8]
Process II: Present study