Abstract
Chemical engineers play an important and irreplaceable role in addressing all, if not most, of the grand challenges mankind faces. Chemical engineering knowledge has been crucial in advancing the current industrial sectors. This perspective paper attempts to outline the contributions of chemical engineering knowledge to the oil palm biomass industry, a green industry that converts waste into value-added products (e.g. energy, fuel, and chemicals). Several examples are presented to show how the three core chemical engineering knowledge subjects (i.e. (i) reaction engineering, (ii) multi-component/multi-phase separation, and (iii) process systems engineering (PSE)) have been applied in the industry. Apart from that, specific perspectives on the industry's future outlook are also given in this work. Generally, the illustrated potential areas in all three aspects (i.e. micro-scale, meso-scale, and macro-scale) have been discussed with several illustrative examples. This perspective paper aims to capture the state-of-the-art applications of chemical engineering knowledge in the oil palm biomass industry. It serves as a short note to recognise the importance of the chemical engineering domain and offer insights for future and current chemical engineers in advancing the oil palm biomass industry.
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