Oil palm trunk OPT as a potential feedstock for alternative fuel in future

Puad E., . and Mahanim S. M. A, . and Shaharuddin H., . and Rafidah J., . and Wan Asma I., . (2014) Oil palm trunk OPT as a potential feedstock for alternative fuel in future. [Proceedings Paper]

Development on new energy resources and alternative fuel have been accelerated recently by the dramatic increase in the price of petroleum and increasing concerns on the environmental impact especially related to greenhouse gas emissions health and safety considerations. Alternative fuel must be technically feasible economically competitive environmentally friendly and readily available. This demand has opened an opportunity to produce biofuel using non-food crop sources that are not compatible with food crop sources. Oil palm trunk OPT is among the most abundant biomass with high potential for energy and material resources. About 40 of OPT was use as raw materials for plywood manufacturing. The remaining 60 will be discarded as waste material that consists of core-logs 50 and veneers off-cuts I 0. OPT core can be used as a feedstock for bioethanol production. About 200L of sap will be extracted from OPT core and only 35 will be converted into bioethanol. Today about 5.00 million hectares of land in Malaysia is under oil palm cultivation. It is estimated that the average of OPT that will be felled down is about 125 610 hectare yearly. Due to this size of volumes OPT have a potential to be a feedstock for bioethanol production and targeted to generate 12.3 billion L of bioethanol yearly. Moreover it can reduce 5 to 15 of petrol consumption yearly. As an advantage OPT as an energy resources would alleviate the demand on fossil fuels and provides sustainable second generation biofuels.

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Development on new energy resources and alternative fuel have been accelerated recently by the dramatic increase in the price of petroleum and increasing concerns on the environmental impact especially related to greenhouse gas emissions health and safety considerations. Alternative fuel must be technically feasible economically competitive environmentally friendly and readily available. This demand has opened an opportunity to produce biofuel using non-food crop sources that are not compatible with food crop sources. Oil palm trunk OPT is among the most abundant biomass with high potential for energy and material resources. About 40 of OPT was use as raw materials for plywood manufacturing. The remaining 60 will be discarded as waste material that consists of core-logs 50 and veneers off-cuts I 0. OPT core can be used as a feedstock for bioethanol production. About 200L of sap will be extracted from OPT core and only 35 will be converted into bioethanol. Today about 5.00 million hectares of land in Malaysia is under oil palm cultivation. It is estimated that the average of OPT that will be felled down is about 125 610 hectare yearly. Due to this size of volumes OPT have a potential to be a feedstock for bioethanol production and targeted to generate 12.3 billion L of bioethanol yearly. Moreover it can reduce 5 to 15 of petrol consumption yearly. As an advantage OPT as an energy resources would alleviate the demand on fossil fuels and provides sustainable second generation biofuels.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Available at Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia TP339 B615 Call Number
AGROVOC Term:	Oil palm
AGROVOC Term:	Trunks
AGROVOC Term:	Sap
AGROVOC Term:	Biofuels
AGROVOC Term:	Energy resources
AGROVOC Term:	Malaysia
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:14
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12093

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