Sustainability of biofuel production from oil palm biomass /

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Author / Creator:Lee, Keat Teong, author.
Imprint:Singapore : Springer, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 323 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Green Energy and Technology, 1865-3529
Green Energy and Technology.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9852294
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Other authors / contributors:Ofori-Boateng, Cynthia, author.
ISBN:9789814451703 (electronic bk.)
9814451703 (electronic bk.)
9789814451697
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 20, 2013).
Summary:This book evaluates and discusses the main sustainability challenges encountered in the production of biofuel and bio-products from oil palm biomass. It starts off with the emphasis on oil palm production, oil palm products recovery and oil palm wastes utilization. The simultaneous production of these bio-products for sustainable development is discussed. This is followed by the key factors defining the sustainability of biofuel and bio-product production from oil palm biomass. The environmental issues including ecological, life cycle assessment and environmental impact assessment of oil palm plantation, milling and refining for the production of biofuels and bio-products are presented. Socio-economic and thermodynamic analysis of the production processes are also evaluated using various sustainability assessment tools such as exergy. Lastly, methods of improving biofuel production systems for sustainable development are highlighted.
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-4451-70-3