Techno-Economic Assessment of Polysaccharide Extraction from Baobab: A Scale Up Analysis

This research studied the commercial exploitation of an indigenous African crop in order to formulate high value products, with a potential significant impact on local economy. More specifically, present work investigated extraction polysaccharides from baobab bench-scale unit, focusing overall yield and techno-economic assessment process. Preliminary technoeconomic analysis for two scenarios (with without ethanol recycling) was performed determine economic viability process development market both Nigeria UK. A full undertaken each scenarios, considering all operating capital costs, production cost estimated based constant return investment. Combining average polysaccharide yield, minimum profitable selling price UK be between £23 £35 per 100 g polysaccharide, which is comparable purity polysaccharides. An scaled-up plant also under Nigerian conditions results showed that such investment potentially viable profitable, £27 g, UK-based scenarios.