Potential of Biomass Cogeneration Marine System Powering

O. O. Sulaiman¹, A. H. Saharuddin¹, A. S. A. Kader¹ and K. B. Samo²

¹Department of Maritime Technology, University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia.

²Department of Marine Technology, University Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia.

orresponding Author E-mail: O.Sulaiman@umt.edu.my

ABSTRACT: Waste disposal from ships is becoming an increasing problem in today’s society. Thus various ways are being promoted to minimize, re-use and recycle waste streams there will always be residual wastes in a safe and beneficial way. The classification of fuels derived from waste sources as sustainable is controversial especially when it is linked to carbon cycle and food. The processing of these waste types, by various means, to provide fuels for electricity and heat generation, and transportation fuels, can provide many environmental advantages in term of energy production that lead to vast reduction in the waste stream, production of valuable byproducts, waste land reduction and the killing of the pathogens and bacteria that cause disease. The process can be more sustainable by using hybrid cogeneration biomass system for marine system. This paper will consider how enormous waste from ship and port and discuss potential of hybrid biomass cogeneration for marine system for port powering.

KEYWORDS: Alternative energy; sustainability; hybrid; port; power; energy; bio-derived

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