Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil Biodiesel Production in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 1080-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi Ashnani ◽  
Anwar Johari ◽  
Haslenda Hashim ◽  
Elham Hasani
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Transportation Sector ◽  
Reasonable Cost ◽  
The Common ◽  
Palm Oil Biodiesel

Almost identical properties with petroleum-derived diesel make biodiesel one of the best options of renewable and sustainable fuel supply to the transportation sector. Thanks to plentiful sources of palm oil and reasonable cost, it can be a proper feedstock for biodiesel production in Malaysia. Still, there is a paucity of studies concerning the effects of palm biodiesel on the environment. This paper, therefore, deals with life cycle assessment (LCA) of palm biodiesel to find out and validate the common belief regarding suitability of palm biodiesel as a green and sustainable fuel. The LCA study was conducted through three main stages including agricultural activities, oil milling, and transesterification process of biodiesel production. Palm oil biodiesel production results in the production of 1627.748kgCO2-eq of GHG and energy consumption of 12449.48MJ per ton PME. The results indicate that the most relevant environmental impact of this biofuel system is depletion of fossil resources.

Life cycle assessment of sugarcane ethanol and palm oil biodiesel joint production

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 70-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Pereira Souza ◽  
Márcio Turra de Ávila ◽  
Sérgio Pacca
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Joint Production ◽  
Palm Oil Biodiesel

Value Chain Analysis of Palm Oil Biodiesel through a Hybrid (ISO-Eco) Life Cycle Assessment Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosef Manik
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Functional Unit ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Unit Process ◽  
Palm Oil Biodiesel

<p class="TTPParagraph1st">This study assesses the life-cycle impacts of palm oil biodiesel value chain in order to provide insights toward holistic sustainability awareness on the current development of bio-based energy policy. The assessment methodology was performed under a hybrid approach combining ISO-14040 Life Cycle Assessment (ISO-LCA) technique and Ecologically-based Life Cycle Assessment (Eco-LCA) methodology. The scope of this study covers all stages in palm oil biodiesel value chain or is often referred to as “cradle-to-grave” analysis. The functional unit to which all inputs and outputs were calculated is the production of 1 ton of biodiesel. For the analysis, life cycle inventory data were collected from professional databases and from scholarly articles addressing global palm oil supply chains. The inventory analysis yields a linked flow associating the land used, fresh fruit bunch (FFB), crude palm oil (CPO), per functional unit of 1 kg of palm oil biodiesel (POB). The linked flow obtained in the inventory analysis were then normalized and characterized following the characterization model formulated inISO-LCA guidelines. The aggregation of ecological inputs was classified based on the mass and energy associated to each unit process in the value chain, which are cultivation, extraction, conversion, and utilization. It is noted that compared to other unit processes, cultivation is the most crucial unit process within the whole palm oil biodiesel value chain. This study serves as a big picture about the current state of palm oil biodiesel value chain, which will be beneficial for further improving oversight of the policy making and service toward sustainable development.</p><p class="TTPKeywords"><strong><span> </span></strong></p>

scholarly journals Review of Implementation Life Cycle Assessment for Biodiesel Production from Palm Oil (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 00021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiman Siregar ◽  
Sholihati Sholiati ◽  
Intan Sofiah ◽  
Try Miharza ◽  
Roy Hendroko Setyobudi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Environmental Effect ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Boundary System ◽  
Gate System

Palm oil has benefits for economic and social development in Indonesia. However, palm oil is faced by several environmental problems most of them due to the land conversion from forest to the palm plantation. Therefore, numerous greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental effects also emitted during palm oil and biodiesel production. The life cycle assessment (LCA) method can be used for the evaluation of the palm oil production process impact on the environment as well as for potentially reducing the hotspot. A literature study was used in the identification of the implementation of LCA for biodiesel from palm oil in Indonesia. Study cradle to grave LCA for biodiesel production in Indonesia was still limited. Gate to gate and cradle to gate system boundary was the major boundary system used in the identification of the environmental effect for biodiesel production in Indonesia. However, numerous study has applied that boundary system and various scenario has been proposed in reducing the environmental effect for biodiesel production. Limitation of the LCA boundary for palm oil production is needed to be enhanced as well. Robust life cycle inventory in a wider range (i.e., cradle to grave) will be needed in order to present this industry in a global forum.

scholarly journals Assessing the Environmental Performance of Palm Oil Biodiesel Production in Indonesia: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoyon Wahyono ◽  
Hadiyanto Hadiyanto ◽  
Mochamad Arief Budihardjo ◽  
Joni Safaat Adiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Oil Palm Plantation ◽  
Human Health Damage ◽  
Health Damage ◽  
Palm Oil Biodiesel

The production of palm oil biodiesel in Indonesia has the potential to negatively impact the environment if not managed properly. Therefore, we conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) study on the production of palm oil biodiesel to assess the environmental performance in Indonesia. Using an LCA approach, we analyzed the environmental indicators, including the carbon footprint, as well as the harm to human health, ecosystem diversity, and resource availability in palm oil biodiesel production. The functional unit in this study was 1 ton of biodiesel. The life cycle of palm oil biodiesel production consists of three processing units, namely the oil palm plantation, palm oil production, and biodiesel production. The processing unit with the greatest impact on the environment was found to be the oil palm plantation. The environmental benefits, namely the use of phosphate, contributed 62.30% of the 73.40% environmental benefit of the CO2 uptake from the oil palm plantation processing unit. The total human health damage of the life cycle of palm oil biodiesel production was 0.00563 DALY, while the total ecosystem’s diversity damage was 2.69 × 10−5 species·yr. Finally, we concluded that the oil palm plantation processing unit was the primary contributor of the carbon footprint, human health damage, and ecosystem diversity damage, while the biodiesel production processing unit demonstrated the highest damage to resource availability.

scholarly journals Value Chain Analysis of Palm Oil Biodiesel through a Hybrid (ISO-Eco) Life Cycle Assessment Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosef Manik
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Functional Unit ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Unit Process ◽  
Palm Oil Biodiesel

<p class="TTPParagraph1st">This study assesses the life-cycle impacts of palm oil biodiesel value chain in order to provide insights toward holistic sustainability awareness on the current development of bio-based energy policy. The assessment methodology was performed under a hybrid approach combining ISO-14040 Life Cycle Assessment (ISO-LCA) technique and Ecologically-based Life Cycle Assessment (Eco-LCA) methodology. The scope of this study covers all stages in palm oil biodiesel value chain or is often referred to as “cradle-to-grave” analysis. The functional unit to which all inputs and outputs were calculated is the production of 1 ton of biodiesel. For the analysis, life cycle inventory data were collected from professional databases and from scholarly articles addressing global palm oil supply chains. The inventory analysis yields a linked flow associating the land used, fresh fruit bunch (FFB), crude palm oil (CPO), per functional unit of 1 kg of palm oil biodiesel (POB). The linked flow obtained in the inventory analysis were then normalized and characterized following the characterization model formulated inISO-LCA guidelines. The aggregation of ecological inputs was classified based on the mass and energy associated to each unit process in the value chain, which are cultivation, extraction, conversion, and utilization. It is noted that compared to other unit processes, cultivation is the most crucial unit process within the whole palm oil biodiesel value chain. This study serves as a big picture about the current state of palm oil biodiesel value chain, which will be beneficial for further improving oversight of the policy making and service toward sustainable development.</p><p class="TTPKeywords"><strong><span> </span></strong></p>

scholarly journals Life cycle cost (LCC) and the economic impact of the national biofuels development through biorefinery concept and circular economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 924 (1) ◽  
pp. 012074
Author(s):  
N A Sasongko ◽  
G A Pertiwi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Facility Construction ◽  
Palm Oil Biodiesel

Abstract The challenge in the life cycle costing (LCC) analysis of the national biofuel industry is an economic analysis to determine all production costs incurred by the production process from facility construction to waste management. Regarding the Biofuel Supply Chain, the entire process of producing palm oil biodiesel is divided into three stages: production of fresh fruit bunches (FFB), production of crude palm oil (CPO), and biodiesel. LCC analysis is applied by adding an externality variable, providing comprehensive information on the cost structure of palm oil-based biodiesel production. To determine the total cost of externalities that occur due to biodiesel production, the impacts of land use, social costs and environmental costs such as emissions of air pollutants on palm oil biodiesel are considered. The results show that the LCC analysis applied by adding externality variables provides detailed information about biofuel production costs’ composition and hotspots. It can be used to determine hotspots, streamline production, obtain an overview of the most competitive total production costs, and minimize environmental impacts along its supply chain.

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