TY - GEN
T1 - Techno-Economic Evaluation of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch-Based Encapsulated Lignin Production Process
AU - Ramadhan, Muhammad Yusuf Arya
AU - Salsabila, Sarah
AU - Darmawan, Muhammad Arif
AU - Gozan, Misri
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support of the present study provided by Penelitian Dasar Unggulan Perguruan Tinggi (PDUPT) for the budget year 2021. The funding was granted by the Ministry of Research and Technology/National Research and Innovation Agency (NKB-204/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2021).
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PY - 2022/8/16
Y1 - 2022/8/16
N2 - Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) is the main solid waste from the palm oil processing industry. One of the main constituent polymers of Oil Palm EFB is lignin. Currently, lignin is used as wood adhesives. The antioxidant activity of lignin has received much attention recently because of the structure of the polyphenols possessed by lignin. Although previous studies have shown that lignin has antioxidant activity, lignin is easily oxidized while in storage. Therefore, we need materials to maintain lignin stability. This research analyzes the investment feasibility of a lignin production plant encapsulated from oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) as raw material. The factory will be built in the Kertajaya area, Banten, Indonesia, with a project life span of 15 years and is targeted to meet a 1% market share. This study compared four pretreatment processes: alkaline with NaOH, acid-alkaline, steam explosion, and alkaline with NH4OH. The production process simulation uses the SuperPro Designer v9.5 to obtain mass, energy, and economic parameter data. Simulations show the production of encapsulated lignin with the alkaline pretreatment using the NaOH method as the best alternative with the profitability parameters in the form of NPV, IRR, and PBP, of USD 6, 078, 000; 35.23 % and 3.19 years, respectively, at the product selling price of USD 40/kg.
AB - Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) is the main solid waste from the palm oil processing industry. One of the main constituent polymers of Oil Palm EFB is lignin. Currently, lignin is used as wood adhesives. The antioxidant activity of lignin has received much attention recently because of the structure of the polyphenols possessed by lignin. Although previous studies have shown that lignin has antioxidant activity, lignin is easily oxidized while in storage. Therefore, we need materials to maintain lignin stability. This research analyzes the investment feasibility of a lignin production plant encapsulated from oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) as raw material. The factory will be built in the Kertajaya area, Banten, Indonesia, with a project life span of 15 years and is targeted to meet a 1% market share. This study compared four pretreatment processes: alkaline with NaOH, acid-alkaline, steam explosion, and alkaline with NH4OH. The production process simulation uses the SuperPro Designer v9.5 to obtain mass, energy, and economic parameter data. Simulations show the production of encapsulated lignin with the alkaline pretreatment using the NaOH method as the best alternative with the profitability parameters in the form of NPV, IRR, and PBP, of USD 6, 078, 000; 35.23 % and 3.19 years, respectively, at the product selling price of USD 40/kg.
KW - Antioxidant
KW - Encapsulation
KW - Lignin
KW - Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch
KW - Process Simulation
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U2 - 10.1063/5.0097937
DO - 10.1063/5.0097937
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85138298519
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - 6th Biomedical Engineering''s Recent Progress in Biomaterials, Drugs Development, and Medical Devices
A2 - Rahman, Siti Fauziyah
A2 - Zakiyuddin, Ahmad
A2 - Whulanza, Yudan
A2 - Intan, Nurul
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 6th International Symposium of Biomedical Engineering''s Recent Progress in Biomaterials, Drugs Development, and Medical Devices, ISBE 2021
Y2 - 7 July 2021 through 8 July 2021
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