Cost estimation for CO2 supercritical extraction systems and manufacturing cost for habanero chili

• An expression to predict the cost of commercial supercritical extraction systems.
• Plots with cost of manufacturing (COM) for habanero pepper oleoresin.
• Difference between selling prices and COM indicate good possibility for business.
• Supercritical extraction may increase products from habanero pepper in Yucatan.

An equation to estimate the costs of industrial size supercritical extraction systems was developed and used to estimate the cost of manufacturing (COM) of habanero pepper oleoresin on extraction cells ranging from 5 to 400 L. The correlation was based on quoted costs obtained for five different sizes of supercritical extraction plants, and took into consideration inflation with the use of a cost index for a chemical engineering plant. COM for habanero chili was based on experimentation developed on a cell 0.1 L.

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