Posted by Indiana Ken on March 27, 2016 at 19:41:57 from (66.249.235.138):
In Reply to: Citiot! posted by Steve@Advance on March 26, 2016 at 18:18:22:
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That is a very good question:
Coal is more applicable as used in stationary plants to produce heat, versus use in moble equipment. Conversely, ethanol is more valueable as a liquid fuel and can be used in our current fleet of gasoline powered equipment.
Per one post, the current price of coal is $60 per ton. That will buy you approximately 15,000,000 Btu's of process heat depending on the coal type and the process efficiency. It would take approximatly 200 gallons of ethanol to produce 15,000,000 Btu's of process heat. The ethanol is much more valuable sold as vehicle fuel.
Note: A ton of coal will produce many more than 200 gallons of ethanol. The above simply illustrates that coal is much more cost effective as process heat than using the saleable product.
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