Life cycle assessment to evaluate the green house gas emission from oil palm bio-oil based power plant

Rasid, Nurul Suhada Abdur; Syed‐Hassan, Syed Shatir A.; Kadir, Shamsiah Abd; Asadullah, Mohammad

doi:10.1007/s11814-013-0022-y

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“…In terms of environment, Wiloso et al (2014) ranked the use of EFB as mulch better than conversion to either compost, ethanol, treatment in an incinerator, or direct sell as co-products. Other options reported include the generation of electricity through EFB gasification (Siregar et al, 2020), EFB pyrolysis (Rasid et al, 2013), and EFB combustion (Chanlongphitak et al, 2015).…”

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“…Similarly, Chanlongphitak et al (2015) carried out a life cycle assessment of EFB utilisation for power plants; EFB utilisation contributed over 60% of total GWP compared to oil palm plantation, CPO extraction and transportation. Rasid et al (2013) reported that bio-oil production and utilisation for power generation contribute approximately 80% of CO 2 in tonne per ha/year compared to oil palm plantation stage, palm oil mill, and transportation in a life cycle assessment, in which EFB and PKS were used in pyrolysis, but POME treatment was not included. Schmidt and Rosa (2020) reported that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification (RSPO) of bleached and deodorised palm oil could lead to multiple benefits, including less land-use change, GHG emissions reduction, peat soil conservation, and more biogas captured from POME.…”

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Technology-based comparative life cycle assessment for palm oil industry: the case of Nigeria

Anyaoha

Zhang

2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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Oil palm dominates global oil production, trade, and consumption. Nigeria is one of the leading palm oil producers and consumers. A significant challenge of the palm oil industry is to reduce the environmental impacts (e.g. pollution and carbon footprint) and integrate a circular economy in operation. This study aims to comparatively quantify the environmental impacts of technologies used by different mills. We applied a life cycle assessment in the case of Nigeria. The study covers the reception and processing of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) to end-product palm oil. The inputs include generated empty fruit bunch (EFB), mesocarp fibre, palm kernel shell, palm oil mill effluent, diesel, water and all outputs to the environment for a functional unit of 1-tonne FFB. The results showed that large-scale mills perform worse (468 kg CO2-eq per t FFB) than the semi-mechanised and smallholder mills in effects on climate change but better in the other impact categories, including human toxicity, ecotoxicity, and fine particulate matter formation. In large-scale mills, the climate change impacts decrease by 75% when the raw palm oil mill effluent (POME) is used in composting EFB. Similarly, climate change impacts reduce by 44% when biogas from POME substitutes diesel in the semi-mechanised and smallholder mills. We conclude that regulatory measures are needed to ensure improved management practices in the production processes. Particular attention should be paid to the generation and reuse of biomass and POME. This study provides a handy reference to assist the sustainable energy transition in Nigeria’s and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa’s oil palm industry to mitigate climate change and form a cleaner bioeconomy.

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Technology-based comparative life cycle assessment for palm oil industry: the case of Nigeria

Anyaoha

Zhang

2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…Figure 4 clearly shows that, in general, the price of crude oil has a more than 55% influence on the final price of diesel. This differs based upon different legal and economic conditions but, generally speaking, roughly one half of the price of diesel depends upon the price of crude oil commodity [27][28][29]. The crude palm oil price structure is similar to that of diesel fuel.…”

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Economic Analysis of Diesel-Fuel Replacement by Crude Palm Oil in Indonesian Power Plants

Procházka

Hönig

2018

Energies

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Indonesia needs to find an alternative fuel to substitute diesel in their power plants in order to reduce the use of nonrenewable energy sources. The Indonesian government has a target to reduce oil fuel consumption while improving the efficiency of energy utilization. Crude palm oil is proposed to be used for this substitution. In this paper, the authors conduct an economic analysis of the replacement of diesel by crude palm oil. To predict future prices, a time series analysis is conducted using AutoRegressive Integrated Moving-Average method. A financial analysis of a specific project (0.75-MW power plant) is conducted using static financial indicators (payback period, return on investment). Results show that replacing diesel with crude palm oil may be profitable. This is especially true for the proposed prospects of diesel price evolution. Analysis shows that the price of crude oil, which is the main factor in the pricing of diesel, may go up. Also, recently Indonesian currency depreciated against the US dollar, which also implies a higher cost of diesel.

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“…Therefore, the research on the biofuel production using representative Korean native trees is crucial for national bioenergy independence and the diversification of bioenergy resources. Among the processes that produce biofuels from biomass, rapid pyrolysis aims at producing liquid-phase biofuel, called bio-oil [4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Catalytic Rapid Pyrolysis of Quercus variabilis over Nanoporous Catalysts

Kang

Lee

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Journal of Nanomaterials

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Catalytic rapid pyrolysis ofQuercus variabilis, a Korean native tree species, was carried out using Py-GC/MS. Mesoporous MFI, which has both nanopores and micropores, and three nanoporous materials, Al-MCM-41, Al-SBA-15, andγ-Al2O3, were used as the catalyst. The acid sites of mesoporous MFI were strong Brønsted acid sites, whereas those of nanoporous materials were mostly weak acid sites. The composition of the product bio-oil varied greatly depending on the acid characteristics of the catalyst used. Phenolics were the most abundant species in the bio-oil, followed by acids and furanics, obtained over Al-MCM-41 or Al-SBA-15 with weak acid sites, whereas aromatics were the most abundant species produced over mesoporous MFI with strong acid sites, followed by phenolics. Aromatics, phenolics, and furanics are all important chemicals contributing to the improvement of bio-oil quality.

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Life cycle assessment to evaluate the green house gas emission from oil palm bio-oil based power plant

Cited by 14 publications

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Technology-based comparative life cycle assessment for palm oil industry: the case of Nigeria

Technology-based comparative life cycle assessment for palm oil industry: the case of Nigeria

Economic Analysis of Diesel-Fuel Replacement by Crude Palm Oil in Indonesian Power Plants

Catalytic Rapid Pyrolysis of Quercus variabilis over Nanoporous Catalysts

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