Muhamad Halimah, Ai Tan Yew, Khairuddin Nik Sasha Khatrina, Amiruddin Mohd Din, May Choo Yuen
Analytical Research Group, Analytical and Quality Development Unit, Product Development and Advisory Services Division, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Trop Life Sci Res. 2014 Dec;25(2):41-51.
The oil palm seed production unit that generates germinated oil palm seeds is the first link in the palm oil supply chain, followed by the nursery to produce seedling, the plantation to produce fresh fruit bunches (FFB), the mill to produce crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel, the kernel crushers to produce crude palm kernel oil (CPKO), the refinery to produce refined palm oil (RPO) and finally the palm biodiesel plant to produce palm biodiesel. This assessment aims to investigate the life cycle assessment (LCA) of germinated oil palm seeds and the use of LCA to identify the stage/s in the production of germinated oil palm seeds that could contribute to the environmental load. The method for the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is modelled using SimaPro version 7, (System for Integrated environMental Assessment of PROducts), an internationally established tool used by LCA practitioners. This software contains European and US databases on a number of materials in addition to a variety of European- and US-developed impact assessment methodologies. LCA was successfully conducted for five seed production units and it was found that the environmental impact for the production of germinated oil palm was not significant. The characterised results of the LCIA for the production of 1000 germinated oil palm seeds showed that fossil fuel was the major impact category followed by respiratory inorganics and climate change.
生产发芽油棕种子的油棕种子生产单元是棕榈油供应链的第一个环节，其次是培育幼苗的苗圃、生产新鲜果串（FFB）的种植园、生产毛棕榈油（CPO）和棕榈仁的榨油厂、生产粗棕榈仁油（CPKO）的果仁压榨厂、生产精炼棕榈油（RPO）的精炼厂，最后是生产棕榈生物柴油的棕榈生物柴油厂。本评估旨在调查发芽油棕种子的生命周期评估（LCA），并利用LCA确定发芽油棕种子生产过程中可能对环境负荷有贡献的阶段。生命周期影响评估（LCIA）方法使用SimaPro 7版（产品综合环境评估系统）进行建模，这是一种LCA从业者广泛使用的国际公认工具。该软件除了包含各种欧洲和美国开发的影响评估方法外，还包含欧洲和美国关于多种材料的数据库。对五个种子生产单元成功进行了LCA，结果发现发芽油棕生产对环境的影响并不显著。生产1000颗发芽油棕种子的LCIA特征化结果表明，化石燃料是主要影响类别，其次是呼吸性无机物和气候变化。
