eprintid: 10691 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/06/91 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:37:18 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:37:18 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:31:59 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bhullar, L.K. creators_name: Putra, Z.A. creators_name: Bilad, M.R. creators_name: Hadi, N.A. creators_name: Hakim, M.D. title: Process simulation of bio-ethanol production from empty fruit bunch via acid hydrolysis pretreatment ispublished: pub keywords: 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 note: 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 abstract: 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. date: 2018 publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061354253&partnerID=40&md5=7e2e653affd21d866ba6ed616a729546 full_text_status: none publication: IET Conference Publications volume: 2018 number: CP749 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9781785618161; 9781785618437; 9781785618468; 9781785618871; 9781785619427; 9781785619694; 9781839530036; 9781785617911 citation: Bhullar, L.K. and Putra, Z.A. and Bilad, M.R. and Hadi, N.A. and Hakim, M.D. (2018) Process simulation of bio-ethanol production from empty fruit bunch via acid hydrolysis pretreatment. In: UNSPECIFIED.