Potential of Deploying Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) for Biomass Cofiring in Malaysia's Largest Coal Power Plant

Siti Fatihah Salleh; Adlansyah Abd Rahman; Tuan Ab Rashid Tuan Abdullah

doi:10.1109/PECON.2018.8684124

Potential of Deploying Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) for Biomass Cofiring in Malaysia's Largest Coal Power Plant

Siti Fatihah Salleh, Adlansyah Abd Rahman, Tuan Ab Rashid Tuan Abdullah

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

In support of energy sector decarbonisation, this work investigated the potential of cofiring biomass in the largest operating coal power plant in Malaysia, Stesen Janakuasa Sultan Azlan Shah (SJSAS). Empty fruit bunch (EFB), a palm oil mill residue in the form of biomass pellet has been identified as the promising feedstock for this purpose. The EFB pellets will be sourced from 25 palm oil mills within 100 km distance surrounding SJSAS. Collectively, they have the potential to supply 538,478 metric ton of pellets annually to the power plant. This amount would account to a thermal substitution of 4.3%, with a potential net reduction of 1,175,151 metric ton of CO2 emission. The average cost of EFB pellets per metric ton was estimated to be RM 295.64, 1% slightly higher than the current price of coal. This work concludes that biomass cofiring is instrumental in the low carbon transition plan of electricity supply industry in Malaysia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	7th IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon 2018)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	429-433
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538654316
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PECON.2018.8684124
Publication status	Published - 9 Apr 2019
Event	7th IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy 2018 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 3 Dec 2018 → 4 Dec 2018

Conference

Conference	7th IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy 2018
Abbreviated title	PECon 2018
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	3/12/18 → 4/12/18

Keywords

biomass cofiring
coal
coal power plant
empty fruit bunch (EFB)
low carbon electricity generation
palm oil mill (POM)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Fuel Technology

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Potential of Deploying Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) for Biomass Cofiring in Malaysia's Largest Coal Power Plant

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