These facts are based off of a typical ethanol plant producing 100mmgy.
Hi-efficiency HEAT input to process one gallon of ethanol (in btu/gallon) 30,000
Ethanol Gallons per hour for 250 days at 24 hours per day
16667
Million BTUs per hour for 250 days and 24 hrs per day
500
Price for 1,000 CuFt of Nat gas at 1,000 btus per CuFt (1,000,000 btu)
$9.20 (average)
Hourly Natural Gas operating costs (250 days, 24 hrs per day)
$4600
Annual Natural Gas operating costs
$27,600,000
ChemHEAT Boiler firing rate in btu heat per lb of Am Sulfate: 40,000
Lbs of Amm Sulfate output to achieve 100% Nat Gas replacement (lbs per hour): 12,500
Tons of Ammonium Sulfate per hour from ChemHEAT process (tons per hour): 6.25
Annual Tons of Ammonium Sulfate produced by ChemHEAT process: 37,500
Cost for Ammonium Sulfate product per ton: $313.69
Hourly operating costs for ChemHEAT: $1,960.55
Annual operating cost for ChemHEAT: $11,763,281
Annual direct savings of ChemHEAT over Natural Gas: $(15,836,719)
Additional savings for selling annual tons of Ammonium Sulfate per ton @ $153.66: $(5,762,195)
TOTAL SAVINGS IN FUEL COSTS FROM CHEMHEAT:
$(21,598,914)*