TY  - JOUR
SN  - 03605442
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
Y1  - 2020///
VL  - 210
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089245700&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2020.118491&partnerID=40&md5=283218884e1fcea4c2ffe1ff8da9816a
JF  - Energy
A1  - Chong, T.Y.
A1  - Cheah, S.A.
A1  - Ong, C.T.
A1  - Wong, L.Y.
A1  - Goh, C.R.
A1  - Tan, I.S.
A1  - Foo, H.C.Y.
A1  - Lam, M.K.
A1  - Lim, S.
AV  - none
KW  - Earnings; Economic analysis; Energy utilization; Ethanol; Optimization
KW  -  Bio-ethanol production; Industrial parks; Internal rate of return; Net energy ratios; Techno-economic assessment; Techno-economic evaluation; Third generation; Triple Bottom Line
KW  -  Bioethanol
KW  -  biofuel; concentration (composition); economic analysis; optimization; temperature effect; waste
KW  -  East Malaysia; Kota Kinabalu; Malaysia; Sabah
ID  - scholars12588
TI  - Techno-economic evaluation of third-generation bioethanol production utilizing the macroalgae waste: A case study in Malaysia
N1  - cited By 26
N2  - Production of third-generation bioethanol from macroalgae cellulosic residue (MCR) has received increasing interest from researchers to utilize waste for valuable product creation effectively. In this study, a techno-economic assessment to produce anhydrous bioethanol from MCR in Malaysia had been conducted by using Aspen Plus V10 and other computer-aided softwares. Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park at Sabah was identified and selected as a proper location to produce the anhydrous bioethanol based on a framework structured by the Triple Bottom Line. The overall results from the present study showed that 15833.3 kg/h of MCR was required to produce 7626 kg/h of anhydrous bioethanol. It was also found that the energy utilization could be reduced up to 32 with net energy ratio of 0.53 after implementing the Heat Exchanges Networks Synthesis and a series of process optimization. In 20 years of plant life, the pay-back period was 8 years with an internal rate of return of 23.17. The minimum selling price of anhydrous bioethanol was estimated to be  0.54/kg and able to compete with the market prices of bioethanol derived from other feedstocks. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
ER  -