Sustainability of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass

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2. Biofuels and Sustainable Development

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   2. Introduction to Sustainability of Biofuels Toward Sustainable Development

      • Keat Teong Lee, Cynthia Ofori-Boateng

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   3. Biofuels: Production Technologies, Global Profile, and Market Potentials

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3. Biofuels Production from Oil Palm Biomass and Sustainable Development

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   2. Oil Palm Biomass as Feedstock for Biofuel Production

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   3. Production of Palm Biofuels Toward Sustainable Development

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4. Sustainability Assessment of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass

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   2. Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass

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   3. Economic Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels Production from Oil Palm Biomass

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   4. Thermodynamic Sustainability Assessment of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass

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   5. Social and Policy Issues Affecting the Sustainability of Palm Biofuel Production

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This book evaluates and discusses the main sustainability challenges encountered in the production of biofuel and bio-products from oil palm biomass. It starts off with the emphasis on oil palm production, oil palm products recovery and oil palm wastes utilization. The simultaneous production of these bio-products for sustainable development is discussed. This is followed by the key factors defining the sustainability of biofuel and bio-product production from oil palm biomass. The environmental issues including ecological, life cycle assessment and environmental impact assessment of oil palm plantation, milling and refining for the production of biofuels and bio-products are presented. Socio-economic and thermodynamic analysis of the production processes are also evaluated using various sustainability assessment tools such as exergy. Lastly, methods of improving biofuel production systems for sustainable development are highlighted.

• Exergy Sustainability Assessment
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Oil Palm Biofuels
• Oil Palm Biomass
• Oil Palm Bioproducts
• Oil Palm Wastes
• Sustainable Biofuel Production
• biochemical engineering

• School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

  Keat Teong Lee, Cynthia Ofori-Boateng

Dr. Lee Keat Teong is currently an associate professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Up to date, he has published more than 120 research articles in various international peer-reviewed journals. He has also received numerous recognitions at national and international levels. Currently he is working on the production of biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) from biomass (mainly oil palm biomass) using various technologies. Apart from that, he also has special interest on the social and sustainability aspects of biofuels.

Cynthia Ofori-Boateng is currently a PhD student at the Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Sains Malaysia. She has almost seven years of working experience both in the industries and academic institutions. She has attended many International conferences, published a number of articles and completed numerous research projects related to renewable energy and waste management.

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