Overview
- Elaborates the thermodynamic feasibility which describes the quality and quantity of energy and materials used in the production of biofuels
- Describes the sustainability assessment of all the production processes involved in biofuel production from oil palm biomass beginning from feedstock cultivation to waste management
- Addresses sustainable utilization of oil palm wastes as a means of adding economic, environmental and social values to the oil palm biomass
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Biofuels and Sustainable Development
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Biofuels Production from Oil Palm Biomass and Sustainable Development
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Sustainability Assessment of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Cynthia Ofori-Boateng is currently a PhD student at the Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Sains Malaysia. She has almost seven years of working experience both in the industries and academic institutions. She has attended many International conferences, published a number of articles and completed numerous research projects related to renewable energy and waste management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainability of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass
Authors: Keat Teong Lee, Cynthia Ofori-Boateng
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-70-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-4451-69-7Published: 12 August 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-4560-86-3Published: 09 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-981-4451-70-3Published: 30 July 2013
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 323
Topics: Biochemical Engineering, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Energy Policy, Economics and Management