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creators_name: Chong, T.Y.
creators_name: Cheah, S.A.
creators_name: Ong, C.T.
creators_name: Wong, L.Y.
creators_name: Goh, C.R.
creators_name: Tan, I.S.
creators_name: Foo, H.C.Y.
creators_name: Lam, M.K.
creators_name: Lim, S.
title: Techno-economic evaluation of third-generation bioethanol production utilizing the macroalgae waste: A case study in Malaysia
ispublished: pub
keywords: Earnings; Economic analysis; Energy utilization; Ethanol; Optimization, Bio-ethanol production; Industrial parks; Internal rate of return; Net energy ratios; Techno-economic assessment; Techno-economic evaluation; Third generation; Triple Bottom Line, Bioethanol, biofuel; concentration (composition); economic analysis; optimization; temperature effect; waste, East Malaysia; Kota Kinabalu; Malaysia; Sabah
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abstract: 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
date: 2020
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089245700&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2020.118491&partnerID=40&md5=283218884e1fcea4c2ffe1ff8da9816a
id_number: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.118491
full_text_status: none
publication: Energy
volume: 210
refereed: TRUE
issn: 03605442
citation:   Chong, T.Y. and Cheah, S.A. and Ong, C.T. and Wong, L.Y. and Goh, C.R. and Tan, I.S. and Foo, H.C.Y. and Lam, M.K. and Lim, S.  (2020) Techno-economic evaluation of third-generation bioethanol production utilizing the macroalgae waste: A case study in Malaysia.  Energy, 210.   ISSN 03605442