Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of bio-oil production from fast pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB)

• Main Authors: Chan, Yi Herng, Tan, Raymond Girard R., Yusup, Suzana, Lam, Hon Loong, Quitain, Armando T.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Oil palm; Pyrolysis; Thermal oil recovery; Life cycle costing; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2309; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3308/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper presents a life cycle assessment of two alternative processes for the production of bio-oil from Malaysian oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB), namely, fast pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction, in which limited studies have been reported in the literature. In this study, both processes w...