LAPSE:2020.1138
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LAPSE:2020.1138
Integrated Biorefinery of Empty Fruit Bunch from Palm Oil Industries to Produce Valuable Biochemicals
Rendra Hakim Hafyan, Lupete K. Bhullar, Shuhaimi Mahadzir, Muhammad Roil Bilad, Nik Abdul Hadi Nordin, Mohd Dzul Hakim Wirzal, Zulfan Adi Putra, Gade Pandu Rangaiah, Bawadi Abdullah
November 9, 2020
Empty fruit bunch (EFB) utilization to produce valuable bio-chemicals is seen as an economical and sustainable alternative to waste management in palm oil industries. This work proposed an integrated biorefinery configuration of EFB valorization considering sustainability pillars—namely, economic, environmental, and safety criteria. Techno-economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and hazard identification ranking methods were used to estimate annual profit, global warming potential (GWP), fire explosion damage index (FEDI), and toxicity damage index (TDI) of the proposed integrated biorefinery. A multi-objective optimization problem was then formulated and solved for simultaneous maximization of profit and minimization of GWP, FEDI and TDI. The resulting Pareto-optimal solutions convey the trade-off among the economic, environmental, and safety performances. To choose one of these optimal solutions for implementation, a combined approach of fuzzy analytical hierarchy process and a technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution was applied. For this selection, the economic criterion was more preferred, followed by the safety and environmental criterion; thus, the optimal solution selected for integrated biorefinery configuration had the highest annual profit, which was at the maximum capacity of 100 ton/h of EFB. It can fulfill the global demand of xylitol (by 55%), levulinic acid (by 98%), succinic acid (by 25%), guaiacol (by 90%), and vanillin (by 12%), and has annual profit, GWP, FEDI, and TDI of 932 M USD/year, 284 tonCO2-eq, 595, and 957, respectively.
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empty fruit bunch, fuzzy analytical hierarchy process, inherent safety, integrated biorefinery, life cycle assessment, multi-objective optimization, palm oil industry, technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution, Technoeconomic Analysis
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Hafyan RH, Bhullar LK, Mahadzir S, Bilad MR, Nordin NAH, Wirzal MDH, Putra ZA, Rangaiah GP, Abdullah B. Integrated Biorefinery of Empty Fruit Bunch from Palm Oil Industries to Produce Valuable Biochemicals. (2020). LAPSE:2020.1138
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Hafyan RH: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia
Bhullar LK: PETRONAS Group Technical Solutions, Process Simulation and Optimization, Level 16, Tower 3, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur 50088, Malaysia
Mahadzir S: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia
Bilad MR: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia [ORCID]
Nordin NAH: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia
Wirzal MDH: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia [ORCID]
Putra ZA: PETRONAS Group Technical Solutions, Process Simulation and Optimization, Level 16, Tower 3, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur 50088, Malaysia [ORCID]
Rangaiah GP: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore [ORCID]
Abdullah B: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Malaysia; Chemical Engineering Department, Center of Contaminant Control and Utilization (CenCoU), Institute Contaminant Management for Oil and Gas, Bandar Seri [ORCID]
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Processes
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8
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7
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E868
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2020
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2020-07-18
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2227-9717
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