Emerging technologies for biodiesel production: processes, challenges, and opportunities

AA Babadi, S Rahmati, R Fakhlaei, B Barati… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fossil fuel shortages, rising petroleum prices, worldwide demand for renewable energy, and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to anthropogenic activities are increasing interest in …

Biofuels for a sustainable future: Examining the role of nano-additives, economics, policy, internet of things, artificial intelligence and machine learning technology in …

SD Shelare, PN Belkhode, KC Nikam, LD Jathar… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As the global population and economy grow, so does the energy demand. Over-reliance on
non-renewable resources leads to depletion and price spikes, making renewable …

Progress in the torrefaction technology for upgrading oil palm wastes to energy-dense biochar: A review

PNY Yek, YW Cheng, RK Liew, WAW Mahari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing health and environmental concerns associated with the consumption of fossil
energy sources catalyze the production of biofuels as renewable energy carriers for heat …

Sustainable microbial fuel cell functionalized with a bio-waste: A feasible route to formaldehyde bioremediation along with bioelectricity generation

MO Idris, NAM Noh, MNM Ibrahim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems, especially microbial fuel cell (MFC), are gaining popularity
owing to their eco-friendly and energy generation with bioremediation. Due to its unstable …

Oil palm waste: An abundant and promising feedstock for microwave pyrolysis conversion into good quality biochar with potential multi-applications

RK Liew, WL Nam, MY Chong, XY Phang… - Process Safety and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oil palm waste (OPW), comprising mainly of empty fruit bunch, mesocarp fiber, frond, trunk,
and palm kernel shell generated from palm oil industry, was collected, characterized, and …

The potential and status of renewable energy development in Malaysia

WSW Abdullah, M Osman, MZA Ab Kadir, R Verayiah - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Malaysian Government has set an ambitious target to achieve a higher penetration of
Renewable Energy (RE) in the Malaysian energy mix. To date, Malaysia has approximately …

A review of torrefaction of oil palm solid wastes for biofuel production

MA Sukiran, F Abnisa, WMAW Daud, NA Bakar… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Palm oil industry is recognized as one of the major agriculture contributions to the abundant
production of oil palm solid wastes. These include empty fruit bunches, palm kernel shell …

Solid fuel from oil palm biomass residues and municipal solid waste by hydrothermal treatment for electrical power generation in Malaysia: A review

N Hamzah, K Tokimatsu, K Yoshikawa - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Malaysia generated 156,665 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity in 2016 of which the biggest
share of 48.4% was sourced from coal and coke. Malaysia coal consumption was met by …

Engineering pyrolysis biochar via single-step microwave steam activation for hazardous landfill leachate treatment

SS Lam, PNY Yek, YS Ok, CC Chong, RK Liew… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of biochar production is crucial to meet
increased global market demand. Here, we developed a single-step microwave steam …

[HTML][HTML] Oil palm biomass in Indonesia: Thermochemical upgrading and its utilization

R Nabila, W Hidayat, A Haryanto, U Hasanudin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indonesia is the world's largest palm oil producing country. The oil palm industry (plantation
and milling) generates large amounts of solid waste in the form of empty fruit bunches (EFB) …