Table 2 Comparison of prices and costs of diesel and soybean biodiesel [[15],[19],[20]]
From: The glycerol biorefinery: a purpose for Brazilian biodiesel production
Description | Price/cost as of 2013 (US$/L) |
|---|---|
Price of diesel in the refinery [15] | 0.69 |
Price of diesel in the distribution [15] | 0.89 |
Production cost of diesel (estimated in this paper) | 0.26 |
Average price of biodiesel [15] | 0.90 |
Cost of biodiesel production (alkaline transesterification with a residual oil from the pre-treatment step of oil) [20] | 0.63 |
Cost of biodiesel production [19] | 0.65 |
Cost of biodiesel production (conventional alkaline transesterification) [20] | 1.25 |