Bio-Isobutanol Production Cost Reports

Bio-Isobutanol production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Bio-Isobutanol production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Bio-Isobutanol. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Bio-Isobutanol or Bio-based isobutanol is gaining traction owing to its extensive application and offers great fuel performance. Bio-Isobutanol is commercially made using various renewable feedstock like wheat, corn, barley, sorghum, and sugar cane via a yeast biocatalyst. It has better energy density, lower oxygen content, and hygroscopicity in contrast to ethanol, making it an ideal gasoline additive or replacement.

Compared to ethanol, Bio-isobutanol has a much lower RVP and about 30% more energy content, higher Blend Octane, and less oxygen content. Unlike ethanol, which is completely water-soluble, isobutanol has a limited (8.5%) solubility and does not lead to pressure cracking in pipelines. Bio- isobutanol's 16% volume blend offers the same fuel economy as a 10% volume ethanol blend; however, it provides twice the amount of energy from renewable sources and twice the GHG benefits.

Bio-Isobutanol is mainly used as an ideal gasoline substitute finding extensive use as a fuel which is primarily driving its market growth. It is used from fuel blendstock to operations to infrastructure compatibility due to it being a cost-effective, drop-in renewable option that has expansive applications  in fuel and chemicals, furthering the industry's growth. Bio-Isobutanol is extremely versatile as a platform molecule. In the chemical industry, it is employed as a solvent product like paints or via dehydration to isobutylene, which is turned into materials including butyl rubber and paraxylene and other derivatives.

These by-products are further used to make products such as clothing, plastic bottles, tires, and carpets that boost the market growth. In fuels, it is blended in as a low vapour pressure gasoline component or like a feedstock for making other transportation fuels, e.g., paraffinic kerosene for use as bio-jet or renewable heating oil, bolstering the industry's development. However, challenges like low product concentration, incidental impurities, high separation cost etc., might hamper the market expansion.