%T Process simulation of bio-ethanol production from empty fruit bunch via acid hydrolysis pretreatment
%A L.K. Bhullar
%A Z.A. Putra
%A M.R. Bilad
%A N.A. Hadi
%A M.D. Hakim
%I Institution of Engineering and Technology
%V 2018
%K Ethanol; Fermentation; Fruits; Hydrolysis; Palm oil, Bio-ethanol production; Bio-ethanols; Biomass pre treatments; Dilute acid pretreatment; Dilute-acid hydrolysis; Empty fruit bunches; Oil palm; Process simulations, Bioethanol, Acidolysis; Corn; Ethanol; Fermentation; Fruits; Hydrolysis; Pretreatment; Production
%X This work developed bio-ethanol production process based on empty fruit bunch (EFB) of palm oil and compared it with the literature benchmark model. Dilute acid hydrolysis is used as the biomass pretreatment prior to enzyme hydrolysis and fermentation. The amount of bio-ethanol produced from the EFB is higher than that in the literature, which used corn stover as the feedstock. This is because, the content of cellulose and xylan in EFB is higher by 5.4wt and 17wt respectively, compared to corn stover. The estimated annual economic potentials for EFB and corn stover feed processes are  141 mil and  153 mil, respectively. The significantly lower price of EFB (5/ton) compared to corn stover (58.50/ton) contributes to the higher profitability of the production of bio-ethanol from EFB. © 2018 Institution of Engineering and Technology. All rights reserved.
%D 2018
%N CP749
%O cited By 2; Conference of 5th IET International Conference on Clean Energy and Technology, CEAT 2018 ; Conference Date: 5 September 2018 Through 6 September 2018; Conference Code:144672
%J IET Conference Publications
%L scholars10691