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A Simple Mathematical Model for Palm Biomass Supply Chain

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Being the world second largest palm oil producer, Malaysia has a wide range of palm biomass sources generated as by-products from its oil palm industry. These palm biomass resources should be better utilised in order to maximise their potential as high value-added products. This chapter focuses on the synthesis of a biomass supply chain . A simple linear programme (LP) model is presented for the optimum allocation of palm biomass among its sources and sinks. The LP model is of diverge usage which may be used by different stake holders (industrial players and government department) in order to maximise profit or to minimise cost/CO2 emission.

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    See Chap. 4 for biogas generation from palm oil mill effluent .

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  1. Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Broga Road, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia

    Dominic C. Y. Foo

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  2. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mustafa Kamal Tun Abdul Aziz

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Foo, D.C.Y. (2019). A Simple Mathematical Model for Palm Biomass Supply Chain. In: Foo, D., Tun Abdul Aziz, M. (eds) Green Technologies for the Oil Palm Industry. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2236-5_6

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