Value-Chain of Biofuels

Professor Ir. Dr Suzana Yusup, is the Head of HICoE Center for Biofuel & Biochemical Research (CBBR) and is a full Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. Her research interest is in the area of biomass conversion to biofuels and bio-chemicals, material development, and greener processes. To date, Professor Dr Suzana Yusup has authored one book, 26 book chapters, more than 300 scientific articles in high impact journals and as conference papers, 19 patents (including 7 granted patents). Dr Nor Adilla Rashidi (AMIchemE) holds a bachelor’s in chemical engineering (Hons.) (2010), Master of Science degree (MSc) in Chemical Engineering (2014), and a Doctorate degree (PhD) in Chemical Engineering (2020) from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. Her main research interests focus on biomaterial development, wastewater treatment, and carbon capture and storage. To date, she had published 20 peer-reviewed articles including 14 articles as the first author in numerous high impact factors publications, including Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of CO2 Utilization, etc. with the cumulative citation number of 458 and h-index of 11 (Source: SCOPUS). ). She is currently affiliated with several professional associations, including Malaysia Board of Technologist (Graduate Technologist), Board of Engineers Malaysia (Graduate Engineer), and Institution of Chemical Engineers (Associate Member).

• Section 1: Overview on Biomass Conversion Technologies and Pretreatment1. Overview of biomass conversion to biofuels2. Biomass conversion to biofuel3. Biomass classification and characterization for conversion to biofuels4. Thermal degradation behavior and kinetic modeling of green solvents-delignified biomass: a sustainable biomass-to-energy approach5. Pretreatment of fiber-based biomass material for lignin extraction6. Microalgae cultivation for sustainable biofuel productionSection 2: Biomass Conversion Technologies to Biofuel and Value-Added Material7. Hydrothermal liquefaction of algal biomass to bio-oil8. Alternative jet fuels: Bio-jet fuels challenges and opportunities9. Bioprocessing of sustainable renewable biomass for bioethanol production10. Utilization of agricultural biomass for bio-butanol production11. Oil palm biomass zero-waste conversion to bio-succinic acid12. Iso-conversional kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of catalytic pyrolysis for palm oil wastes13. Recent progress in modeling and simulation of biomass conversion to biohydrogen14. Realizing higher value output from biomass conversion to biogas through the production of biohydrogen, biomethane, and biohythane15. Technical readiness level (TRL) on bio-hydrogen production process and its value chainSection 3: Emission, Techno-Economic, Supply-Chain, and Policies of the Biofuel Production16. Experimental investigation of characterization of emissions from waste cooking oil biodiesel17. Techno-economic analysis of biomass thermochemical conversion to biofuels18. Economical aspect in biomass to biofuel production19. Biomass supply chain management and challenges20. Biomass supply chain synthesis and optimization21. Oil palm biomass value chain for biofuel development in Malaysia: Part I22. Oil palm biomass value chain for biofuel development in Malaysia: Part II23. Renewable energy transformation in Malaysia through bioenergy production: Policies insights from spatially-explicit modeling24. Production, regulation, and standardization of biofuels: Philippine perspective