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ArticleEnvironment, development and sustainability2022

Process design and life cycle assessment of furfural and glucose co-production derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches.

Zi Wei Ng, Hui Xin Gan, Aditya Putranto, M Akbar Rhamdhani, Sharif H Zein, Oluwafemi Ayodele George, Jannata Giwangkara, Ivan Butar

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Article in Environment, development and sustainability, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Zi Wei NgDiscipline of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
Hui Xin GanDiscipline of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
Aditya PutrantoDiscipline of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
M Akbar RhamdhaniDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia.
Sharif H ZeinDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Hull, Kingston Upon Hull, HU6 7RX UK.
Oluwafemi Ayodele GeorgeDepartment of Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria.
Jannata GiwangkaraClimateworks Centre, Level 27, 35 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia.
Ivan ButarMonash University, BSD, Serpong, Banten Indonesia.
Monash University Malaysia · MYSwinburne University of Technology · AUUniversity of Hull · GBUniversity of Lagos · NG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In light of environmental issues, lignocellulosic empty fruit bunch (EFB) biomass is promoted as a carbon-neutral, environmentally friendly, and renewable alternative feedstock. A comprehensive environmental assessment of EFB biorefineries is critical for determining their sustainability in parallel with the bioeconomy policy. Nonetheless, no life cycle assessment (LCA) has been performed on co-producing food and biochemicals (furfural and glucose) derived from EFB biomass. This research is the first to evaluate the environmental performance of the furfural and glucose co-production processes from EFB biomass. Environmental analysis is conducted using a prospective gate-to-gate LCA for four impact categories, including global warming potential (GWP), acidification (ADP), eutrophication (EP), and human toxicity (HT). Aspen Plus is used to simulate the co-production process of furfural and glucose as well as generate mass and energy balances for LCA inventory data usage. The findings suggest that the environmental footprint in respect of GWP, ADP, EP, and HT is 4846.85 kg CO Graphical abstract: Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10668-022-02633-8.

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Empty fruit bunchesEnvironmentFurfuralGlucoseLife cycle assessmentProcess design

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PMID36246866
PMCPMC9543934
OpenAlexW4303453684

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