Sustainability of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass (Green Energy and Technology)

"This book evaluates and discusses the main sustainability challenges encountered in the production of biofuel and bio-products from oil palm biomass. It starts off with the emphasis on oil palm production, oil palm products recovery and oil palm wastes utilization. The simultaneous production of these bio-products for sustainable development is discussed. This is followed by the key factors defining the sustainability of biofuel and bio-product production from oil palm biomass. The environmental issues including ecological, life cycle assessment and environmental impact assessment of oil palm plantation, milling and refining for the production of biofuels and bio-products are presented. Socio-economic and thermodynamic analysis of the production processes are also evaluated using various sustainability assessment tools such as exergy. Lastly, methods of improving biofuel production systems for sustainable development are highlighted"--Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Sustainability of Biofuels Toward Sustainable Development....Pages 3-30 Biofuels: Production Technologies, Global Profile, and Market Potentials....Pages 31-74 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Oil Palm Biomass as Feedstock for Biofuel Production....Pages 77-106 Production of Palm Biofuels Toward Sustainable Development....Pages 107-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass....Pages 149-187 Economic Sustainability Assessment of Biofuels Production from Oil Palm Biomass....Pages 189-215 Thermodynamic Sustainability Assessment of Biofuel Production from Oil Palm Biomass....Pages 217-251 Social and Policy Issues Affecting the Sustainability of Palm Biofuel Production....Pages 253-277 Back Matter....Pages 279-323