Life cycle assessment of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia
This paper presents an application of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) with a view to analyzing the environment aspects of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia. It also compares rice straw-based power generation with that of coal and natural gas. GHG (Greenhouse gas) emission savings were calcul...
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my.uniten.dspace-218902023-05-16T10:45:54Z Life cycle assessment of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia Shafie S.M. Masjuki H.H. Mahlia T.M.I. 54403809000 57175108000 56997615100 This paper presents an application of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) with a view to analyzing the environment aspects of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia. It also compares rice straw-based power generation with that of coal and natural gas. GHG (Greenhouse gas) emission savings were calculated. It finds that rice straw power generation can save GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions of about 1.79kg CO2-eq/kWh compared to coal-based and 1.05kg CO2-eq/kWh with natural gas based power generation. While the development of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia is still in its early stage, these paddy residues offer a large potential to generate electricity because of their availability. Rice straw power plants not only could solve the problem of removing rice straw from fields without open burning, but also could reduce GHG emissions that contribute to climate change, acidification, and eutrophication, among other environmental problems. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Final 2023-05-16T02:45:54Z 2023-05-16T02:45:54Z 2014 Article 10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.014 2-s2.0-84901651576 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84901651576&doi=10.1016%2fj.energy.2014.04.014&partnerID=40&md5=415c99fead36d7bdaeedbb6fff0057f5 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/21890 70 401 410 Elsevier Ltd Scopus |
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This paper presents an application of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) with a view to analyzing the environment aspects of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia. It also compares rice straw-based power generation with that of coal and natural gas. GHG (Greenhouse gas) emission savings were calculated. It finds that rice straw power generation can save GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions of about 1.79kg CO2-eq/kWh compared to coal-based and 1.05kg CO2-eq/kWh with natural gas based power generation. While the development of rice straw-based power generation in Malaysia is still in its early stage, these paddy residues offer a large potential to generate electricity because of their availability. Rice straw power plants not only could solve the problem of removing rice straw from fields without open burning, but also could reduce GHG emissions that contribute to climate change, acidification, and eutrophication, among other environmental problems. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. |
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