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Conventional bioethanol production costs | Cleanleap
The largest equipment costs are for coproduct processing and handling, which account for 38% of the total equipment costs and 28% of the total costs and the fermentation system (23% of equipment costs and 16% of total costs). The ethanol processing requirements of the system account for 17% of total equipment costs and 12% of total costs.