First Report on Malaysia’s experiences and development in biogas capture and utilization from palm oil mill effluent under the Economic Transformation Programme: Current and future perspectives

Loh, Soh Kheang; Nasrin, Abu Bakar; Azri, S. Mohamad; Adela, B. Nurul; Muzzammil, N.; Jay, T. Daryl; Eleanor, R.A. Stasha; Lim, Wanguy; Choo, Yuen May; Kaltschmitt, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.02.066

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“…Biogas plants can be fed by several potential sources, including organic municipal waste, food waste, sewage as an individual feedstock source or a co-digestion process where a combination of more than one source can yield a higher biogas volume [54,55]. Potential feedstock to generate biogas in Malaysia include Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) [56], food waste, cattle manure, sewage and the most established waste product for biogas in Malaysia, which is palm oil mill effluent (POME) [57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64].…”

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The Potential and Status of Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia

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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 2% of its energy coming from RE generation sources compared to the total generation mix and targets achieving 20% penetration by 2025. The current energy mix for Malaysia power generation is mainly provided by natural gas and coal. The discussion will cover the traditional sources of generation including natural gas, coal and big hydro stations. In addition, the paper will cover in depth the potential of RE in the country, challenges, and opportunities in this sector. This study can give an initial evaluation of the Malaysian energy industry, especially for RE and can initiate further research and development in this area in order to support the Government target to achieve RE target of 20% by 2025.

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The Potential and Status of Renewable Energy Development in Malaysia

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“…The industrial processing of oil palm involves a series of operations and these normally amounted to the immense generation of waste. The waste generated from palm oil processing have been broadly categorized into palm oil mill sludge (POMS) and liquid waste [1]. The POMS include the empty bunches, trunk, leaves, decanter cake, and mesocarps fibre.…”

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Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent Using Membrane Bioreactor: Novel Processes and Their Major Drawbacks

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Over the years, different types of alternative technologies have been developed and used for palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment. Specifically, membrane bioreactor (MBR) has been employed to relegate pollutants contained in POME under different operating conditions, and the technology was found to be promising. The major challenge impeding the wider application of this technology is membrane fouling, which usually attracts high operating energy and running cost. In this regard, novel methods of mitigating membrane fouling through the treatment processes have been developed. Therefore, this review article specifically focuses on the recent treatment processes of POME using MBR, with particular emphasis on innovative processes conditions such as aerobic, anaerobic, and hybrid processing as well as their performance in relation to fouling minimization. Furthermore, the effects of sonication and thermophilic and mesophilic conditions on membrane blockage were critically reviewed. The types of foulants and fouling mechanism as influenced by different operating conditions were also analyzed censoriously.

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“…Because there is no financial incentive, this discourages the mill operator of this supply chain from building a biogas digester. In fact, of 86 palm oil mills in Malaysia that have installed a biogas digester, 56% do not use the biogas but instead burns it (Loh et al, ).…”

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“…In addition, all existing palm oil mills now require these digesters to be installed by 2020 (Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), ). However, as of December 2016, of 449 palm oil mills in Malaysia (MPOB, ), only 92 are equipped with these biogas capture facilities (20.5%), nine are under construction (2%) and 145 are under planning (32.3%) (Loh et al, ). A large proprotion of the palm oil mills in Malaysia (i.e., 45.2%) do not even have plans for biogas capture facilities.…”

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