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| Title |
Waste to biodiesel: A preliminary assessment for Saudi Arabia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Bioresource Technology, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.11.024 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
M. Rehan, J. Gardy, A. Demirbas, U. Rashid, W.M. Budzianowski, Deepak Pant, A.S. Nizami |
| Abstract |
This study presents a preliminary assessment of biodiesel production from waste sources available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for energy generation and solution for waste disposal issues. A case study was developed under three different scenarios: (S1) KSA population only in 2017, (S2) KSA population and pilgrims in 2017, and (S3) KSA population and pilgrims by 2030 using the fat fraction of the municipal solid waste. It was estimated that S1, S2, and S3 scenarios could produce around 1.08, 1.10 and 1.41 million tons of biodiesel with the energy potential of 43423, 43949 and 56493 TJ respectively. Furthermore, annual savings of US $55.89, 56.56 and 72.71 million can be generated from landfill diversion of food waste and added to the country's economy. However, there are challenges in commercialization of waste to biodiesel facilities in KSA, including waste collection and separation, impurities, reactor design and biodiesel quality. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2 | 33% |
| Iceland | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 223 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 223 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 11% |
| Researcher | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 5% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 44 | 20% |
| Unknown | 81 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 40 | 18% |
| Environmental Science | 14 | 6% |
| Chemical Engineering | 12 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 12 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 15% |
| Unknown | 100 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 August 2019.
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#7,716,445
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Outputs from Bioresource Technology
#1,983
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#116,495
of 339,332 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Bioresource Technology
#28
of 96 outputs
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