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Waste to biodiesel: a preliminary assessment for Saudi Arabia


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Rehan, Mohammad and Gardy, Jabbar and Demirbas, Ayhan Hilal and Rashid, Umer and Budzianowski, Wojciech and Pant, Deepak and Nizami, Abdul-Sattar (2018) Waste to biodiesel: a preliminary assessment for Saudi Arabia. Bioresource Technology, 250. 17 - 25. ISSN 0960-8524; ESSN: 1873-2976

Abstract

This study presents a preliminary assessment of biodiesel production from waste sources available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for energy generation and solution for waste disposal issues. A case study was developed under three different scenarios: (S1) KSA population only in 2017, (S2) KSA population and pilgrims in 2017, and (S3) KSA population and pilgrims by 2030 using the fat fraction of the municipal solid waste. It was estimated that S1, S2, and S3 scenarios could produce around 1.08, 1.10 and 1.41 million tons of biodiesel with the energy potential of 43423, 43949 and 56493 TJ respectively. Furthermore, annual savings of US $55.89, 56.56 and 72.71 million can be generated from landfill diversion of food waste and added to the country's economy. However, there are challenges in commercialization of waste to biodiesel facilities in KSA, including waste collection and separation, impurities, reactor design and biodiesel quality.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Institute of Advanced Technology
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.11.024
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Biodiesel; Waste sources; Fuel; Energy; Transesterification
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2020 16:05
Last Modified: 19 Apr 2020 16:05
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74418
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