Abstract—Olefins consisting of ethylene, propylene,
butadiene and butylene are one of the main raw materials for
the petrochemical industry and intermediate materials for the
production of various chemicals such as rubber and polymers.
In Indonesia, the need for olefins that continues to increase is
not accompanied by the availability of raw materials for
manufacturing, namely naphtha which continues to decline.
This causes a gap between supply and demand from olefins
production. The alternative solution to this condition is to
replace naphtha with raw materials that are more accessible in
Indonesia. An alternative raw material that is abundant and
can replace naphtha in Indonesia is palm oil which is then
processed into bio-naphtha. Palm oil has the potential to replace
naphtha because of its abundant availability in Indonesia and
supported by applicable government regulations. The process
used to make palm oil into bio-naphtha is the process of
bio-synfining. In addition, the plastics produced from
bio-naphtha is more environmentally friendly. This paper is
intended to provide recommendations for the process of making
bio-naphtha from crude palm oil in Indonesia.
Index Terms—CPO, bio-naphtha, olefins, petrochemical,
Indonesia.
Candra Lutfi Widikrama and Indah Dwi Rachmawati are with Institut
Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia (e-mail: lutfic1208@gmail.com,
wira.indahdr@yahoo.com).
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Cite: Candra Lutfi Widikrama and Indah Dwi Rachmawati, "Bio-Naphtha as Alternative for Olefins Feedstock in Indonesia," International Journal of Chemical Engineering
and Applications vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 92-95, 2019.
