51. Environmental impact assessment of bio-hydrogenated diesel from hydrogen and co-product of palm oil industry
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Paweena Prapainainar, Viganda Varabuntoonvit, Bulin Boonrod, Chaiwat Prapainainar, and Kandis Sudsakorn
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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,02 engineering and technology ,Energy consumption ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Pulp and paper industry ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Renewable energy ,Diesel fuel ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Fuel Technology ,Vegetable oil ,chemistry ,Biofuel ,Greenhouse gas ,Environmental science ,Environmental impact assessment ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Fatty acid methyl ester - Abstract
Bio-hydrogenated diesel (BHD) is a second generation biofuel that can be produced from vegetable oil and hydrogen via hydroprocessing. BHD is considered as one of alternative and renewable energy. This work presents evaluation of environmental impacts of BHD produced from palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) compared to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME). Greenhouse gas emission, energy consumption, and overall environmental impacts are assessed. System boundary is from palm oil cultivation to BHD production. The functional unit is defined as 1 kg of fuel produced at the plant. The results indicate that energy consumption of BHD-PFAD is 1.18 times higher than that of BHD-FAME, while giving GHG emission 13.56 times lower than that of BHD-FAME. The results of overall environmental impacts indicated that BHD-PFAD was 3.58 greater than that of BHD-FAME.
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- 2021