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Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia

This paper investigates the economic feasibility of rice straw co-firing at coal power plants in Malaysia and in doing so looks at the operating, capital, and logistic costs. Co-firing rice straw in an existing coal power plant is a technique that could reduce CO2 emissions and make Malaysia less de...

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Main Authors: Shafie, S.M., Mahlia, T.M.I., Masjuki, H.H.
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Online Access:http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/6147
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-61472017-12-08T09:11:43Z Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia Shafie, S.M. Mahlia, T.M.I. Masjuki, H.H. This paper investigates the economic feasibility of rice straw co-firing at coal power plants in Malaysia and in doing so looks at the operating, capital, and logistic costs. Co-firing rice straw in an existing coal power plant is a technique that could reduce CO2 emissions and make Malaysia less dependency on coal resources. In a country such as Malaysia with abundant biomass resources, utilizing biomass residue also would help reach government targets of developing renewable energy under the country's Fuel Diversification Policy. The overall rice straw life cycle assessment presented here analyses environmental, energy and economic aspects for co-firing of rice straw at existing coal power plants in Malaysia. Analysis of GHG emissions and energy consumption throughout the entire co-firing rice straw life cycle was based on selected coal power plant capacity output. This paper also analyses the implication of rice straw use under different co-fired ratios, transportation systems and CO2 emission prices. The reduction of GHG emissions was found to be significant even at a lower co-firing ratio. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. 2017-12-08T09:11:43Z 2017-12-08T09:11:43Z 2013 http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/6147
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description This paper investigates the economic feasibility of rice straw co-firing at coal power plants in Malaysia and in doing so looks at the operating, capital, and logistic costs. Co-firing rice straw in an existing coal power plant is a technique that could reduce CO2 emissions and make Malaysia less dependency on coal resources. In a country such as Malaysia with abundant biomass resources, utilizing biomass residue also would help reach government targets of developing renewable energy under the country's Fuel Diversification Policy. The overall rice straw life cycle assessment presented here analyses environmental, energy and economic aspects for co-firing of rice straw at existing coal power plants in Malaysia. Analysis of GHG emissions and energy consumption throughout the entire co-firing rice straw life cycle was based on selected coal power plant capacity output. This paper also analyses the implication of rice straw use under different co-fired ratios, transportation systems and CO2 emission prices. The reduction of GHG emissions was found to be significant even at a lower co-firing ratio. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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author Shafie, S.M.
Mahlia, T.M.I.
Masjuki, H.H.
spellingShingle Shafie, S.M.
Mahlia, T.M.I.
Masjuki, H.H.
Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia
author_facet Shafie, S.M.
Mahlia, T.M.I.
Masjuki, H.H.
author_sort Shafie, S.M.
title Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia
title_short Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia
title_full Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia
title_fullStr Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in Malaysia
title_sort life cycle assessment of rice straw co-firing with coal power generation in malaysia
publishDate 2017
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