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Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia

Bioethanol derived from agriculture can be an alternative fuel source to petroleum-based fuel as the fuel hike and supply depreciation. In Malaysia, agriculture waste materials especially from chip industries (such as banana/yam/tapioca) are potential to be one of the feedstock for producing bioetha...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Omar, Abdullah, Lim, Soh Fong, S.F., Salleh, T. M., Tai, S. L., Leo, A. K., Umar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Development of Renewable Energies, Environment and Power Quality 2011
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S Agriculture (General)
T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9839/1/Development%20of%20a%20small-scale.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9839/
http://www.icrepq.com/icrepq'11/217-abdullah.pdf
https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj09.217 40
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spelling my.unimas.ir.98392022-03-22T03:36:05Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9839/ Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia Mohammad Omar, Abdullah Lim, Soh Fong S.F., Salleh T. M., Tai S. L., Leo A. K., Umar S Agriculture (General) T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Bioethanol derived from agriculture can be an alternative fuel source to petroleum-based fuel as the fuel hike and supply depreciation. In Malaysia, agriculture waste materials especially from chip industries (such as banana/yam/tapioca) are potential to be one of the feedstock for producing bioethanol. The utilization of the waste feedstock for biofuel production does not disturb the food chain as it is a waste-to-energy concept based. This paper presents the development of an affordable reactor system that is feasible to be applying in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in Malaysia. The reactor system concentrated on the fermentation of the feedstock. Based on the experimental results, it is estimated that the yielding percentage of bioethanol is around 14 % for batch production. Moreover, it is estimated that this reactor is able to produce bioethanol around 0.85 L for each batch of production which implied a petrol fuel cost saving for SMEs around 10 % if bioethanol is blended with the fossil fuel. Development of Renewable Energies, Environment and Power Quality 2011 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9839/1/Development%20of%20a%20small-scale.pdf Mohammad Omar, Abdullah and Lim, Soh Fong and S.F., Salleh and T. M., Tai and S. L., Leo and A. K., Umar (2011) Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia. Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal, 1 (9). pp. 37-40. ISSN 2172-038X http://www.icrepq.com/icrepq'11/217-abdullah.pdf https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj09.217 40
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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language English
topic S Agriculture (General)
T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle S Agriculture (General)
T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Mohammad Omar, Abdullah
Lim, Soh Fong
S.F., Salleh
T. M., Tai
S. L., Leo
A. K., Umar
Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia
description Bioethanol derived from agriculture can be an alternative fuel source to petroleum-based fuel as the fuel hike and supply depreciation. In Malaysia, agriculture waste materials especially from chip industries (such as banana/yam/tapioca) are potential to be one of the feedstock for producing bioethanol. The utilization of the waste feedstock for biofuel production does not disturb the food chain as it is a waste-to-energy concept based. This paper presents the development of an affordable reactor system that is feasible to be applying in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in Malaysia. The reactor system concentrated on the fermentation of the feedstock. Based on the experimental results, it is estimated that the yielding percentage of bioethanol is around 14 % for batch production. Moreover, it is estimated that this reactor is able to produce bioethanol around 0.85 L for each batch of production which implied a petrol fuel cost saving for SMEs around 10 % if bioethanol is blended with the fossil fuel.
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author Mohammad Omar, Abdullah
Lim, Soh Fong
S.F., Salleh
T. M., Tai
S. L., Leo
A. K., Umar
author_facet Mohammad Omar, Abdullah
Lim, Soh Fong
S.F., Salleh
T. M., Tai
S. L., Leo
A. K., Umar
author_sort Mohammad Omar, Abdullah
title Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia
title_short Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia
title_full Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia
title_fullStr Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in Malaysia
title_sort development of a small-scale reactor system for bioethanol production from agriculture waste geared towards small industries applications in malaysia
publisher Development of Renewable Energies, Environment and Power Quality
publishDate 2011
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9839/1/Development%20of%20a%20small-scale.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9839/
http://www.icrepq.com/icrepq'11/217-abdullah.pdf
https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj09.217 40
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