A review on electricity generation based on biomass residue in Malaysia

Shafie, Shafini Mohd; Mahlia, T.M.I.; Masjuki, H.H.; Ahmad-Yazid, Aznijar

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.06.031

Cited by 165 publications

(95 citation statements)

References 92 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Malaysia has five wood mills, which are using the wood residue as fuel and each wood mill has potential to generate 900 kW to 10 MW of energy. In 2010, 12 million m 3 of timber logs were produced from the Malaysian forest area [2]. The wood waste generated during the logging operation was 5.1 million m 3 in form of stumps, branches, bark, tops, broken logs, defective logs and injured standing trees.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Investigation on the effect of blending ratio and airflow rate on syngas profile produced from co-gasification of blended feedstock

2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. Shortages of feedstock supply due to seasonal availability, high transportation costs, and lack of biomass market are creating serious problems in continues operation of bioenergy industry. Aiming at this problem, utilization of blended feedstock is proposed. In this work blends of two different biomasses (wood and coconut shells) were co-gasified using externally heated downdraft gasifier. The effects of varying biomass blending ratio and airflow rate on gaseous components of syngas and its heating value were investigated. The results obtained from the experiments revealed that W20:CS80 blend yielded higher values for H2 (20 Vol.%) and HHV (18 MJ/Nm 3 ) as compared to the other blends. The higher airflow rate has a negative effect on syngas profile and heating value. The CO and CH4 were observed higher at the start of the process, however, CO was observed decreasing afterward, and the CH4 dropped to 5.0 Vol.%. The maximum H2 and CH4 were obtained at 2.5 LPM airflow rate. The process was noticed more stable at low air flow rates. The HHV was observed higher at the start of process at low airflow rate. It is concluded that low airflow rate and a higher ratio of coconut shells can improve the syngas quality during cogasification.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Beside this, coconut is also potentially available in Malaysia as a source of edible oil and coconut milk, and it is one of the main ingredient of most Malaysian foods. Coconut shells are the by-product of coconut milk processing industries, which can be utilized as potential feedstock for bioenergy [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigation on the effect of blending ratio and airflow rate on syngas profile produced from co-gasification of blended feedstock

2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The industrial sector consumes 43% of the total energy demand, exceeding the 36% energy use accounted for by the transportation sector (Chandran et al 2010;Koh and Lim 2010). The two main factors that contribute to the rapid depletion of fossil fuels are economic development and population growth (Goh et al 2010;Shafie et al 2012;Mekhilef et al 2014). The population in Malaysia increased from 17.7 million in 1997 to 27.73 million in 2008 (Ong et al 2011).…”

Section: Energy Use Pattern In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fossil fuels remain the primary source of fossil fuels in Malaysia (Hoi 1999;Shafie et al 2012;Mekhilef et al 2014), and their continued use poses negative environmental consequences. Past and current economic growth in the country has been primarily fuelled by fossil fuels and little attention has been paid to other energy sources.…”

Section: Energy Use Pattern In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Malaysian government is focused on using biomass from oil palm processing activities, which includes empty fruit bunches (EFB), fibre, and shells to produce energy. In fact, a considerable amount of literature is available to show that oil palm biomass dominates the biomass energy industry (Chuah et al 2006;Shamsuddin 2010;Sulaiman et al 2011;Shafie et al 2012;Seyed Ehsan and Mazlan 2014). Salsabila et al (2011) highlighted that biomass from oil palm waste accounts for about 85.5% of the total biomass available in Malaysia (Fig.…”

Section: Agricultural Residuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Prospects of Rubberwood Biomass Energy Production in Malaysia

Ratnasingam¹,

Ramasamy²,

Wai³

et al. 2015

BioResources

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Rubber has been shown to be one of the most important plantation crops in Malaysia, and rubber tree biomass has widespread applications in almost all sectors of the wood products manufacturing sector. Despite its abundance, the exploitation of rubberwood biomass for energy generation is limited when compared to other available biomass such as oil palm, rice husk, cocoa, sugarcane, coconut, and other wood residues. Furthermore, the use of biomass for energy generation is still in its early stages in Malaysia, a nation still highly dependent on fossil fuels for energy production. The constraints for large scale biomass energy production in Malaysia are the lack of financing for such projects, the need for large investments, and the limited research and development activities in the sector of efficient biomass energy production. The relatively low cost of energy in Malaysia, through the provision of subsidy, also restricts the potential utilization of biomass for energy production. In order to fully realize the potential of biomass energy in Malaysia, the environmental cost must be factored into the cost of energy production.

show abstract

Waste sugarcane bagasse‐derived nanocatalyst for microwave‐assisted transesterification: Thermal, kinetic and optimization study

Nazir

Ayoub

Zahid

et al. 2021

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The production of biodiesel has increased globally during the last decade to overcome the problems of increasing prices of petro-diesel and the depletion of fossil fuels. The present study aimed to utilize agro-waste sugarcane bagasse (SCB) to synthesize a heterogeneous acid catalyst for biodiesel production using waste cooking oil. Waste sugarcane bagasse was converted into biochar through partial carbonization and activated via sulfonation by using acid solutions of different concentration i.e., 1M, 3M, 5M and concentrated sulfuric acid at a sulfonation temperature of 180 °C for 5 h. The prepared catalysts were characterized by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) technique, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and the Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Sulfur (CHNS) analyzer. The prepared catalyst exhibited an excellent surface area of 20.78 m 2 g -1 and a total acid density of 3.94 mmol g -1 . The biodiesel production process was optimized by varying reaction temperature from (40-70 °C), methanol to oil molar ratio (5:1-20:1), catalyst loading (1-7 wt.%) and reaction time (5-25 min) by using a microwave reactor. The maximum conversion of 95.45% and yield of 92.12% was obtained under optimum conditions: catalyst loading 5 wt%, methanol-to-oil molar ratio (15:1), temperature (60 °C) after 15 min. The results of the experiments were validated by using response surface methodology, which validated the predicted model. The kinetic study of experiments showed that the use of sulfonated catalysts lowered the Original Article: Biodiesel under the influence of microwave heating MH Nazir et al.

show abstract

A review on electricity generation based on biomass residue in Malaysia

Cited by 165 publications

References 92 publications

Investigation on the effect of blending ratio and airflow rate on syngas profile produced from co-gasification of blended feedstock

Investigation on the effect of blending ratio and airflow rate on syngas profile produced from co-gasification of blended feedstock

The Prospects of Rubberwood Biomass Energy Production in Malaysia

Waste sugarcane bagasse‐derived nanocatalyst for microwave‐assisted transesterification: Thermal, kinetic and optimization study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About