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Back Cover: Early‐Stage Capital Cost Estimation of Biorefinery Processes: A Comparative Study of Heuristic Techniques (ChemSusChem 17/2016)
Author(s) -
Tsagkari Mirela,
Couturier JeanLuc,
Kokossis Antonis,
Dubois JeanLuc
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201601167
Subject(s) - biorefinery , investment (military) , estimation , cost estimate , stage (stratigraphy) , economies of scale , capital investment , scale (ratio) , capital cost , cover (algebra) , economics , capital (architecture) , process (computing) , heuristic , computer science , process engineering , environmental economics , engineering , microeconomics , macroeconomics , artificial intelligence , waste management , biofuel , finance , geography , mechanical engineering , geology , management , political science , paleontology , law , archaeology , operating system , cartography , politics
The Back Cover Figure shows the impact of plant capacity on the Investment cost, with the log scale illustrating economies‐of‐scale of biorefineries. The size of the bubbles reflects the uncertainty on Investment estimation, especially at the early stage when few process details are known. The Figure also indicates that the paper is addressed to chemists and provides them with basic cost estimation principles and relevant cost methods for early‐stage appraisals. More details can be found in the Review by Tsagkari et al. on page 2284 in Issue 17, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201600309).