Open AccessSustainability of biodiesel B30, B40, and B50 in Indonesia with addition of emulsifier
Author(s) -
Firda Dimawarnita,
Ika Kartika,
Erliza Hambali
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/749/1/012026
Subject(s) - biodiesel , sustainability , business , population , government (linguistics) , economic shortage , biodiesel production , productivity , natural resource economics , quality (philosophy) , sustainable development , renewable energy , engineering , economic growth , economics , biology , ecology , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , demography , epistemology , sociology , catalysis , electrical engineering
Sustainable energy is one of the main challenges of the 21st century. Indonesia is a developing country and ranked fourth in the world population. The total increase in average population growth between 2000 and 2025 is projected at 33.2%. Thus, the problem of energy deficits must be addressed by the Government of Indonesia to overcome the shortage of energy resources in the future. The Indonesian government’s policy on biodiesel began in 2015 and continues to undergo renewal. Starting in September 2018, Indonesia set the B20 rule, and then in January 2020, it began to shift to B30. By the end of 2020, it was targeted to have moved to B50. The concept of sustainability focuses on two things: a combination of environmental and economic considerations. One of the crucial points in sustainable development related to the development of biodiesel B30, B40, and B50 is that economic growth needs to be harmonized with efforts to preserve the environment through long-term maintenance of the availability of biological resources and increasing productivity of the agricultural systems, stability of the human population, limitations on economic growth, and make improvements to the quality of the environment and ecosystem. Biodiesel in Indonesia, Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) is synthesized from palm oil. Emissions from biodiesel from vegetable oils still contain high NOx gas. When viewed from the side of the impact on the environment, the concept of biodiesel sustainability needs additives/emulsifiers so that the quality and stability of biodiesel increases. That way, the biodiesel effect may show to be environmentally friendly compared to fossil fuels.