Tehnoekonomska analiza proizvodnje mlečne kisline iz metanola

In this work, we employ BioSTEAM to perform techno-economic analysis of lactic acid production with methanol as feedstock. We modify the feedstock of a system from the Biorefineries library, which incorporates esterification as a downstream process. In another system, we explore how the ion exchange downstream process adapts to large-scale production. We evaluate minimal product selling prices and net present values of both systems and achieve promising results for the esterification example with a minimal product selling price between 1.0 and 1.4 USD per kilogram and net present value between 100 and 850 million USD.