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 …

Biomass energy in Malaysia: current scenario, policies, and implementation challenges

NA Rashidi, YH Chai, S Yusup - Bioenergy research, 2022 - Springer
The energy demand in Malaysia has shown a dramatic increase over the last few years: with
natural gas and coal being the primary contributors. Nevertheless, due to declining in fossil …

Energy policy and alternative energy in Malaysia: Issues and challenges for sustainable growth–An update

TH Oh, M Hasanuzzaman, J Selvaraj, SC Teo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article serves as an update to the manuscript with the same title published back in
2010. Since then, Malaysia has seen some major changes in its energy and electricity …

An overview of biomass thermochemical conversion technologies in Malaysia

YH Chan, KW Cheah, BS How, ACM Loy… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Evaluation of oil palm fiber biochar and activated biochar for sulphur dioxide adsorption

N Iberahim, S Sethupathi, MJK Bashir… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emission of sulphur dioxide (SO 2) gas from power plants and factories to the
atmosphere has been an environmental challenge globally. Thus, there is a great interest to …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential ultrasonication and deep eutectic solvent pretreatment to remove lignin and recover xylose from oil palm fronds

VZ Ong, TY Wu, CBTL Lee, NWR Cheong… - Ultrasonics …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study demonstrated the effect of two-pot sequential pretreatment, comprising of
ultrasound assisted deep eutectic solvent (DES) with the aim to investigate the effects of …

Climate based predictability of oil palm tree yield in Malaysia

P Oettli, SK Behera, T Yamagata - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The influence of local conditions and remote climate modes on the interannual variability of
oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) total yields in Malaysia and two major regions (Peninsular …

An outlook of Malaysian biomass industry commercialisation: Perspectives and challenges

BS How, SL Ngan, BH Hong, HL Lam, WPQ Ng… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass, which its conversion into greener bio-based products, is able to achieve a more
balanced carbon cycle through circular utilisation. The development of biomass industry …

Techno-economic and greenhouse gas savings assessment of decentralized biomass gasification for electrifying the rural areas of Indonesia

S You, H Tong, J Armin-Hoiland, YW Tong, CH Wang - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This study explored the feasibility of decentralized gasification of oil palm biomass in
Indonesia to relieve its over-dependence on fossil fuel-based power generation and …

A new anti-fouling polysulphone nanofiltration membrane blended by amine-functionalized MCM-41 for post treating waste stabilization pond's effluent

Z Rahimi, AA Zinatizadeh, S Zinadini… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing an effective and stable separation membrane for water treatment is of much
interest while challenging because of the restrictions of membrane fouling and water flux …