The Potential of Using Biogas Feeding for Fuel Cells in Malaysia

Shafie, Shafini Mohd; Othman, Zakirah; Hami, Norsiah; Omar, Salmah

doi:10.32479/ijeep.8373

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“…In 2019, Malaysia could produce about 134 MW of plant capacity by using biogas as the main fuel in boilers. Currently, Malaysia only generates about 45.01 MW of biogas plant capacity [28]. It means that only 33.5% of biogas from palm oil waste is being utilised in the country's electricity generation.…”

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Fueled with Biogas in Malaysia: A Review of Potential

Shafie

Othman

Hami

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The limitations of conventional energy resources have encouraged worldwide research on various types of energy in electricity generation. Fuel cell-based electricity generation creates a huge potential in the energy industry. This paper aimed to study the potential of biogas in Malaysia to be fed into the direct biogas solid oxide fuel cell (DB-SOFC) system. The data obtained from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Energy Commission (ST) and Department of Statistics Malaysia were used in this study. The analysis showed that in 2019, Malaysia had the potential to generate biogas of about 877.53 million m3/year. The characterisations of the DB-SOFC system with a capacity of 200 kW from Bloom Energy were applied in this study. The result indicated that Malaysia’s potential to generate about 2006.9 MW of electricity from biogas solid oxide fuel cells was approximately 6% of the total electricity capacity in the country. When compared with the conventional biogas’ combined production of heat and power (CHP), the DB-SOFC gave 76.95% more performance in electricity generation. Therefore, this study finding provides a positive impact on the biomass industry in Malaysia. Extensive research and development (R&D) are needed in order to penetrate this fuel cell system into Malaysia’s energy industry landscape.

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Fueled with Biogas in Malaysia: A Review of Potential

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Othman

Hami

et al. 2021

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“…In addition, biogas as potential biomass energy is gradually emerging in Malaysia. It has been reported that the potential of biogas industry can reach to RM 8.3 billion (USD 2.3 billion) by year 2022, possibly contributed by different biomass sources including agricultural waste, crop residue, animal manure, domestic and household waste, amongst others [32]. Nevertheless, the installation of biogas plants in Malaysia is rather slow as compared to solar photovoltaic (PV) as well as mini hydro [33].…”

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Biomass Energy in Malaysia: Current Scenario, Policies, and Implementation Challenges

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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 fuel reserves coupled with negative environmental impacts, shifting to sustainable renewable energy for meeting the future energy demand is recommended. Since Malaysia is rich with natural resources, utilization of biomass energy (bioenergy/biofuel) as the alternative energy is promising to be further explored. Therefore, this review paper intents to discuss the current scenario of different types of biomass energy in Malaysia along with the up-to-date local biomass energy-related environmental policy (from 2016 onwards). In addition, challenges and barriers for large-scale implementation of the biomass energy in Malaysia are to be discussed. Overall, this review paper is interesting as it can assist in promoting the biomass utilization as energy source, and to ensure the future growth of biomass energy market in the country along with its effective implementation while alleviating poor disposal problem and to create job employment opportunities. Furthermore, a collective effort to expand potential biomass feedstocks, apart from oil palm, should be emphasized to encourage the renewable energy production diversification in the nation.

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“…Therefore, an appropriate waste management system in palm oil mills can provide a clean and sustainable environment [23]. According to Shafie et al, [24], by 2030, Malaysia has the potential to generate about 1474MW of electricity by using biogas resources. This is expected to fulfil Malaysia's National Renewable Energy Policy that targets 20% of renewable energy in mixing energy generation towards 2030.…”

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“…These techniques constitute the process of biodegradable organic wastes. It is currently being practice in the palm oil industry and commonly applied in Malaysia due to cost-effectiveness and attractiveness of the method in relation to waste management and treatment [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. Output biogas is used in electricity generation up to 2 MW per power plant.…”

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Biogas to Fuel Cell State of The Art: A Review

Shafie

Nu'man

Yusuf

2021

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Due to the emerging development in the energy industry, the demand for electricity consumption has sharply increased for each country. Therefore, a new recovery of energy resources is needed in consequence of the decreasing dependency on conventional energy resources, while sustaining energy security in the aspect of energy supply and climate change issues. The fuel cell is one of the most potential resources to be explored in order to overcome the constraints of the current energy generation. The aim of this paper is to discuss the entire cycle of the fuel cell system. It is starting from biogas production up to the recent studies related to life cycle assessment on fuel cell studies. Most of the researchers focused on the technical part of fuel cells; however, a comprehensive environmental assessment is essential to fully recognize the impact of fuel cells. Furthermore, this conceptual paper provided an idea on understanding the concept of fuel cell and referred to recently published articles related to life cycle assessment. Hopefully, this study can provide the guideline in determining the future energy for this country, in order to be less dependent on the current resources of energy supply.

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The Potential of Using Biogas Feeding for Fuel Cells in Malaysia

Cited by 6 publications

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Fueled with Biogas in Malaysia: A Review of Potential

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Fueled with Biogas in Malaysia: A Review of Potential

Biomass Energy in Malaysia: Current Scenario, Policies, and Implementation Challenges

Biogas to Fuel Cell State of The Art: A Review

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