Life-cycle assessment (LCA) of different pretreatment and product separation technologies for butanol bioprocessing from oil palm frond

• Main Authors: Nazira, Mahmud, Rosentrater, Kurt A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TP Chemical technology; TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27875/1/Life-cycle%20assessment%20%28LCA%29%20of%20different%20pretreatment%20and%20product.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27875/; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13010155; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13010155
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Environmental impact assessment is a crucial aspect of biofuels production to ensure that the process generates emissions within the designated limits. In typical cellulosic biofuel production process, the pretreatment and downstream processing stages were reported to require a high amount of chemic...