Application of Process Systems Engineering Tools in Solar and Biomass Technologies

ASM Sc. J., 20(2), 2025

Published on December 12, 2025

https://doi.org/10.32802/asmscj.2025.1653

Author: Nursyuhada’ Kamaruzaman, Yee Hang Low, Norhuda Abdul Manaf

Abstract

The abatement of anthropogenic carbon dioxide gas and extensive demand for electricity has motivated cleaner power production from renewable and sustainable sources such as solar and biomass (e.g., palm kernel shell and wood chips). Via photovoltaic (PV) effect, solar irradiation can be converted to electricity, while by nature it can generate and absorb the heat through solar thermal collector. Whereas, chemical characteristics of biomass feature an alternative pathway of fossil-fuel derived hydrogen via thermochemical conversion. This work reviews contemporary applications of process systems engineering (PSE) tools for renewable energy sources, specifically solar and biomass. It can be concluded that a rapid transition of solar and biomass-based renewable energy (RE) technology can be achieved via the assistance of process system engineering (PSE) techniques (i.e digitalisation, computerisation, and artificial intelligent platform). Application of PSE is capable of accelerating the technological sophistication , thus enabling effective exploitation of solar and biomass as a modern RE generation.

Keywords: biomass, Environment, PSE, renewable energy, solar