BIOETHANOL GREENHOUSE GAS CALCULATOR - HGCA

10PRE-PROCESSING(DRYING AND STORAGE)Grain moisture before drying, % 16Grain moisture after drying, % 3Diesel consumption l/t dried grain 18.5Electricity consumption kWh/t dried grain 11.7Set Default ValuesFigure 4: Pre-processing inputs, data requirements• Grain moisture before drying (% mass ) – Enter grain moisture before dryingas percent by mass:mass of water in graingrain moisture = × 100%total mass of grain• Grain moisture after drying (% mass ) – Enter grain moisture content afterdrying as percent by mass.• Diesel consumption (l/t dried grain) – Enter total quantity of diesel fuel usedfor drying wheat, in litres per tonne of dried wheat grain.• Electricity consumption (kWh/t dried grain) – Enter electricity consumed forwheat drying, in kWh per tonne dried wheat grain.4.1.4 Feedstock TransportIn this section, enter details of the transportation of the wheat grain from preprocessingto the processing plant. Enter the mode of transport (road, rail, etc.), andthe average transportation distance.TRANSPORT TO PROCESSINGModeRoadDistance50 kmSet Default ValuesFigure 5: Feedstock Transport to Processing- data requirements• Transport mode drop-down list – Select mode of transport.• Transport distance – Enter average distance (one-way) from farm (preprocessingpoint e.g. grain drying barn) to ethanol plant.4.1.5 ProcessingData describing material and energy inputs and outputs at the ethanol conversionfacility are entered in this section if necessary. Default values are available for anumber of conversion plant configurations following the Rickeard et al, 2004 analysis(LCVP, 2004).