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. 2017 Mar 29;10:81. doi: 10.1186/s13068-017-0767-3

Table 6.

Sensitivity analysis of methanol and AA composition in the feed

Methanol–AA fraction (wt%) 0–4 1–3 2–2 3–1 4–0
Hybrid process
 Solvent makeup (ton/year) 1240 1320 1416 1568 1880
 TAC* (k$/year) 5487 5575 5680 5848 6191
Distillation process
 Methanol product rate (ton/year) 0 8356 16,712 25,068 33,424
 TAC* (k$/year) 8778 7913 7031 6150 5267