TY - JOUR
T1 - An overview of biomass thermochemical conversion technologies in Malaysia
AU - Chan, Yi Herng
AU - Cheah, Kin Wai
AU - How, Bing Shen
AU - Loy, Adrian Chun Minh
AU - Shahbaz, Muhammad
AU - Singh, Haswin Kaur Gurdeep
AU - Yusuf, Nur'aini Raman
AU - Shuhaili, Ahmad Fadzil Ahmad
AU - Yusup, Suzana
AU - Ghani, Wan Azlina Wan Abd Karim
AU - Rambli, Jakaria
AU - Kansha, Yasuki
AU - Lam, Hon Loong
AU - Hong, Boon Hooi
AU - Ngan, Sue Lin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/8/25
Y1 - 2019/8/25
N2 - The rising pressure on both cleaner production and sustainable development have been the main driving force that pushes mankind to seek for alternative greener and sustainable feedstocks for chemical and energy production. The biomass ‘waste-to-wealth’ concept which convert low value biomass into value-added products which contain high economic potential, have attracted the attentions from both academicians and industry players. With a tropical climate, Malaysia has a rich agricultural sector and dense tropical rainforest, giving rise to abundance of biomass which most of them are underutilized. Hence, the biomass ‘waste-to-wealth’ conversion through various thermochemical conversion technologies and the prospective challenges towards commercialization in Malaysia are reviewed in this paper. In this paper, a critical review about the maturity status of the four most promising thermochemical conversion routes in Malaysia (i.e. gasification, pyrolysis, liquefaction and hydroprocessing)is given. The current development of thermochemical conversion technologies for biomass conversion in Malaysia is also reviewed and benchmarked against global progress. Besides, the core technical challenges in commercializing these green technologies are highlighted as well. Lastly, the future outlook for successful commercialization of these technologies in Malaysia is included.
AB - The rising pressure on both cleaner production and sustainable development have been the main driving force that pushes mankind to seek for alternative greener and sustainable feedstocks for chemical and energy production. The biomass ‘waste-to-wealth’ concept which convert low value biomass into value-added products which contain high economic potential, have attracted the attentions from both academicians and industry players. With a tropical climate, Malaysia has a rich agricultural sector and dense tropical rainforest, giving rise to abundance of biomass which most of them are underutilized. Hence, the biomass ‘waste-to-wealth’ conversion through various thermochemical conversion technologies and the prospective challenges towards commercialization in Malaysia are reviewed in this paper. In this paper, a critical review about the maturity status of the four most promising thermochemical conversion routes in Malaysia (i.e. gasification, pyrolysis, liquefaction and hydroprocessing)is given. The current development of thermochemical conversion technologies for biomass conversion in Malaysia is also reviewed and benchmarked against global progress. Besides, the core technical challenges in commercializing these green technologies are highlighted as well. Lastly, the future outlook for successful commercialization of these technologies in Malaysia is included.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.211
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.211
M3 - Article
C2 - 31100662
AN - SCOPUS:85065544816
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 680
SP - 105
EP - 123
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
ER -