Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
Empty fruit bunch (EFB), one of the wastes from palm oil production, can be utilized into fuels and chemicals. The aim of this paper is to find the optimum capacity to produce xylitol from EFB. The optimum capacity was found by simultaneously considering its profitability, hazard potential and envir...
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doaj-b43f9ff51cb74e54aae0755bea8d5c9f2021-02-02T05:46:37ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2019-01-012680601810.1051/matecconf/201926806018matecconf_rsce18_06018Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunchHafyan Rendra0Bhullar Lupete1Putra Zulfan2Bilad MR3Wirzal MDH4Nordin NAHM5Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PetronasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PetronasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PetronasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PetronasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PetronasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PetronasEmpty fruit bunch (EFB), one of the wastes from palm oil production, can be utilized into fuels and chemicals. The aim of this paper is to find the optimum capacity to produce xylitol from EFB. The optimum capacity was found by simultaneously considering its profitability, hazard potential and environmental performances. The process was developed and simulated using Aspen Plus to analyze its technical challenges and economic performances, covering net present values, internal rate of returns and payback period. On the other hand, hazard identification and ranking (HIRA) was used to evaluate its safety performances, while Simapro V.8.5.2 was used to assess the environmental impact via a life cycle assessment (LCA). The results show that the high consumption of steam in chemical hydrogenation causes the main contribution of Global warming potential (GWP) by 62%. This acid pre-treatment is also considered the most toxic part of the process while the hydrogenation of xylitol is the most hazardous part based on fire and explosion perspectives. Then, multi-objective optimization using Genetic Algorithm (GA) was performed in Matlab to find the optimum capacity. The methodology and result of this work lay the foundation of future works in utilizing.https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/17/matecconf_rsce18_06018.pdf |
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Empty fruit bunch (EFB), one of the wastes from palm oil production, can be utilized into fuels and chemicals. The aim of this paper is to find the optimum capacity to produce xylitol from EFB. The optimum capacity was found by simultaneously considering its profitability, hazard potential and environmental performances. The process was developed and simulated using Aspen Plus to analyze its technical challenges and economic performances, covering net present values, internal rate of returns and payback period. On the other hand, hazard identification and ranking (HIRA) was used to evaluate its safety performances, while Simapro V.8.5.2 was used to assess the environmental impact via a life cycle assessment (LCA). The results show that the high consumption of steam in chemical hydrogenation causes the main contribution of Global warming potential (GWP) by 62%. This acid pre-treatment is also considered the most toxic part of the process while the hydrogenation of xylitol is the most hazardous part based on fire and explosion perspectives. Then, multi-objective optimization using Genetic Algorithm (GA) was performed in Matlab to find the optimum capacity. The methodology and result of this work lay the foundation of future works in utilizing. |
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