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BIOFUEL RESEARCH JOURNAL-BRJ
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 537-544Publisher
GREEN WAVE PUBL CANADA
DOI: 10.18331/BRJ2017.4.1.3
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Sri Kanji 1 Cassava; Bioethanol; Energy balance; GHG balance; Life cycle assessment; Malaysia
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- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) through the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (MOHE) [FRGS/1/2015/TK07/UNITEN/01/1]
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According to the Malaysia's biofuel policy, renewable fuels are crucial for energy sustainability in the transportation sector in the future. This study was aimed to evaluate the potential of bioethanol production from Sri Kanji 1 cassava in Malaysia in terms of energy efficiency and renewability, as well to estimate the potential greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions reduction in CO2 equivalent. Bioethanol production process from cassava includes cassava farming, ethanol production, and transportation in which the primary energy consumption was considered. The Net Energy Balance ( NEB) and Net Energy Ratio ( NER) of 25.68 MJ/L and 3.98, respectively, indicated that bioethanol production from Sri Kanji 1 cassava in Malaysia was energy efficient. From the environmental perspective, the GHG balance results revealed that the production and distribution of 1 L of Cassava Fuel Ethanol ( CFE) could reduce GHG emissions by 73.2%. Although found promising in the present study, Sri Kanji 1 cassava as bioethanol feedstock should be further investigated by constructing an actual ethanol plant to obtain real life data. (C) 2017 BRTeam. All rights reserved.
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