Table 3.

The details of the LCC of the palm oil biodiesel production

Type of cost	Details
Capital cost	- Capital cost mainly depends on production capacity - The cost includes the required land area, building construction, equipment and instrumentation required for the plant
Operating cost	- The operating cost includes utilities, lab services, factory expenses, transportation cost, supervision, administration, labour cost, all other materials and energy flows except the feedstocks - Also includes the cost associated with wastewater treatment and sludge waste processing
Maintenance cost	- The cost associated with maintaining and servicing the plant
Feedstock cost	- The cost of the feedstocks is the main component of the overall costs
Salvage value	- The remaining value of the components and assets of the plant at the end of the project lifetime
By-product credit	- The revenues earned from all the products other than the primary product; e.g. glycerol is a useful by-product generated during biodiesel reaction