Using corn as feeedstock, determine the amount of alkane that could be produced from Virents bioforming process, with glucose as an intermediate. The hydrolysis yield (0.738 kg glucose/kg dry corn) can be applied.

1a) 3.7 C5H10O5isoC12H26 + 10.5 CO2+ 5.5 H2O. Adapt this reaction to predict the reaction stoichiometry to produce isoC12H26 from glucose (C6H12O6).

1b) The mass distribution of CO2, C1-C4, C5-C9, and C10+ can be estimated from a carbon balance, resulting in the following yields:

How much of each type of product could be produced from 1000 kg of corn (70% starch, dry basis)? (Remember that corn has 10% moisture).

1c) If C1 C4 can be sold as propane, and C5 C9 and C10+ can be sold as gasoline, how much revenue could generated from 330,000 tonnes of wet corn?

Wholesale prices of gasoline = 1.486$/Litre

1d) To obtain the wholesale propane price, deduct taxes from the retail price, and deduct a retail margin of 8 cents/L. The wholesale price for gasoline can be calculated in a similar manner (use the retail and refining margins provided), or you can use the rack price for gasoline directly.

What is the total net revenue per liter of bio-gasoline, including a co-product credit for bio- propane?

1e)What is the total input cost for corn and hydrogen, if corn costs US$5/bu, and hydrogen costs US$5 per thousand standard cubic feet (MSCF)?

1f) If other costs (interest, maintenance, depreciation, SG&A, etc.) total 12 cents (US)/L, what is the overall profit (or loss) per liter of bio-gasoline produced from corn?