Cost item USD $ %
  MIEP MICP MIEP MICP
Raw materials 11,502,243 11,497,644 78.03 76.98
Facility-Dependent 774,000 2,194,000 14.03 14.77
Labor 2,116,000 746,000 5.25 5.02
Utilities 177,000 202,000 1.20 1.36
Consumables 102,000 165,000 0.69 1.11
Laboratory/QC/QA 116,000 112,000 0.79 0.75
Waste treatment 0 0 0 0
Transportation 0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
Advertising/Selling 0 0 0 0
Running Royalties 0 0 0 0
Failed Product Disposal 0 0 0 0
Total 14,787,000 14,916,644 100.00 100.00
MIEP: Microwave-Intensified Enzymatic Process MICP: Microwave-Intensified Chemical Process *Simulations were based on the purchase cost of FPCP at USD 3/kg, selling price of FPH at USD 20/kg and the maximum annual available FPCP of 3,900 tons
Table 4: Annual operation cost of the microwave-intensified enzymatic process and microwave-intensified chemical process