Integrated Biorefinery and Life Cycle Assessment of Cassava Processing Residue–From Production to Sustainable Evaluation

Abstract

Commonly known as a subsistence culture, cassava came to be considered a commodity and key to adding value. However, this tuber’s processing for starch and flour production is responsible for generating a large amount of waste that causes serious environmental problems. This biomass of varied biochemical composition has excellent potential for producing fuels (biogas, bioethanol, butanol, biohydrogen) and non-energetic products (succinic acid, glucose syrup, lactic acid) via biorefinery. However, there are environmental challenges, leading to uncertainties related to the sustainability of biorefineries. Thus, the provision of information generated in life cycle assessment (LCA) can help reduce bottlenecks found in the productive stages, making production more competitive. Within that, this review concentrates information on the production of value-added products, the environmental impact generated, and the sustainability of biorefineries.

A Feasibility Study of Bio-Briquettes Production from the Skin and Epidermis Layer of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) as An Alternative Energy

“…The choice of cassava as a renewable energy source becomes increasingly popular worldwide, be it in form of substrate for ethanol fermentation (Akaracharanya et al, 2011) or biogas, bioethanol (Ridwan et al, 2023), and biohydrogen (Andrade et al, 2022). Cassava skin wastes that are appropriately managed will become a commodity with high economic value (Rohimah & Kurnia, 2021;Azzahra et al, 2023).…”