Low-Cost Alternative Renewable Energy Bioethanol Production from Palm Oil in Malaysian Context

  • Ravindra Pogaku
  • Tapan Kumar Biswas
  • Rahmath Abdulla
Chapter
First Online:

Abstract

Biofuels can be broadly defined as solids, liquids, or gas fuels consisting of, or derived from, plant biomass. Its use here is primarily with respect to a liquid transportation fuel (bioethanol or biodiesel). A major environmental issue being addressed by the global community is the sustainable supply of energy in parallel with a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This will be a significant technological and socioeconomic challenge because of our dependence on fossil fuel combustion for energy and the fact that it is this combustion that is the primary cause of greenhouse gas emissions.

Keywords

Biofuels Bioethanol Palm Malaysia Low cost 
This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.

References

  1. Champagne P (2007) Feasibility of producing bio-ethanol from waste residues: a Canadian perspective feasibility of producing bio-ethanol from waste residues in Canada. Resour Conserv Recycling 50:211–230CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  2. Chandrashekhar B, Mishra MS, Sharma K, Dubey S (2011) Bio-ethanol production from textile cotton waste via dilute acid hydrolysis and fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Ecobiotechnol 3(4):06–09Google Scholar
  3. Chiaramonti D (2007) Bioethanol: role and production technologies. In: Ranalli P (ed) Improvement of crop plants for industrial end uses. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 209–251CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  4. Hill J, Nelson E, Tilman D, Polasky S, Tiffany D (2006) Environmental, economic and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels. Proc Natl Acad Sci 103(30):11206–11210CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  5. Hoffert M, Caldeira K, Jain AK, Haites, EF, Harveyk LDD, Potter SD, Schlesinger ME, Schneider SH, WattsI RG, Wigley TML, Wuebbles DJ (1998). Energy implications of future stabilization of atmospheric CO2 content. Nature 395:881–884Google Scholar
  6. Jegannathan KR, Chen ES, Ravindra P (2009) Harnessing biofuels: a global renaissance in energy production? Renew Sustain Energy Rev 13:2163–2168CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  7. Liska AJ, Yang HS, Bremer V, Walters WT, Kenney D, Tracy P, Erickson G, Koelsch R, Klopfenstein T, Cassman KG (2007) Biofuel energy systems simulator: life cycle energy and emissions analysis model for corn-ethanol biofuel (ver. 1.0, 2007). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, http://www.bess.unl.edu Google Scholar
  8. Luo L, van der Voet E, Huppes G (2010) Energy and environmental performance of bioethanol from different lignocelluloses. Int J Chem Eng 2010:12. doi:10.1155/2010/740962CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  9. Nigam PS, Singh A (2010) Production of liquid biofuels from renewable resources. Prog Energy Combust Sci. doi:10.1016/j.pecs.2010.01.003Google Scholar
  10. Subhadra B, Edwards M (2010) An integrated renewable energy park approach for algal biofuel production in United States. Energy Policy. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.04.036Google Scholar
  11. Leggett J, Pepper WJ, Swart RJ ( 1992) Emissions scenarios for IPCC: An update. In: Houghton JT, Callander BA, Varney SK (eds) Climate Change 1992. Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 69–95Google Scholar

Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ravindra Pogaku
    • 1
  • Tapan Kumar Biswas
    • 2
  • Rahmath Abdulla
    • 1
  1. 1.School of Engineering and Information TechnologyUniversity Malaysia SabahKota KinabaluMalaysia
  2. 2.Department of ChemistryRajshahi UniversityRajshahiBangladesh

Personalised recommendations