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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hafyan Rendra, Bhullar Lupete, Putra Zulfan, Bilad MR, Wirzal MDH, Nordin NAHM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2019-01-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/17/matecconf_rsce18_06018.pdf
id doaj-b43f9ff51cb74e54aae0755bea8d5c9f
record_format Article
spelling 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
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Hafyan Rendra
Bhullar Lupete
Putra Zulfan
Bilad MR
Wirzal MDH
Nordin NAHM
spellingShingle Hafyan Rendra
Bhullar Lupete
Putra Zulfan
Bilad MR
Wirzal MDH
Nordin NAHM
Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
MATEC Web of Conferences
author_facet Hafyan Rendra
Bhullar Lupete
Putra Zulfan
Bilad MR
Wirzal MDH
Nordin NAHM
author_sort Hafyan Rendra
title Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
title_short Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
title_full Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
title_fullStr Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
title_sort sustainability assessment of xylitol production from empty fruit bunch
publisher EDP Sciences
series MATEC Web of Conferences
issn 2261-236X
publishDate 2019-01-01
description 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.
url https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/17/matecconf_rsce18_06018.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT hafyanrendra sustainabilityassessmentofxylitolproductionfromemptyfruitbunch
AT bhullarlupete sustainabilityassessmentofxylitolproductionfromemptyfruitbunch
AT putrazulfan sustainabilityassessmentofxylitolproductionfromemptyfruitbunch
AT biladmr sustainabilityassessmentofxylitolproductionfromemptyfruitbunch
AT wirzalmdh sustainabilityassessmentofxylitolproductionfromemptyfruitbunch
AT nordinnahm sustainabilityassessmentofxylitolproductionfromemptyfruitbunch
_version_ 1724302858244849664