The Analysis of selecting Renewable Raw Material for the Sustainability of Petrochemical Industry Polyuretan Indonesia
Sawarni Hasibuan (a), Hermawan Thaheer (b*)

(a) Industrial Engineering Department, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta.
(b) Computer Science Departement, Universitas Pakuan Bogor.
*hermawantaher[at]gmail.com

Abstract

The petrochemical industry experiences ups and downs in its growth in Indonesia, following the fluctuation in oil and gas prices as its main raw material source. Even though the current position of petroleum prices is still below 65 US $/barrel, the sustainability of raw material availability remains a concern for the polyurethane petrochemical industry. Polyurethane raw material supplier industries, namely isocyanates and polyols are virtually non-existent in Indonesia. Meanwhile, it is interesting to see that nowadays there has been a massive shift in petrochemical raw materials to renewable vegetable oil raw material. The purpose of this study is to analyze selection of renewable raw material to support the polyurethane industry using renewable vegetable oil. The research methodology begins with a literature study relating to the characteristics of polyurethane production and raw materials and the analysis of sustainability indices. The next stage is a field survey to further observe the value chain of the polyurethane industry, observe its relationship with the downstream palm oil industry value chain, so that the integrated value chain of the two industries can be synthesized. The next step is done the making of recommendation at least including of developing sustainable raw materials for the polyurethane petrochemical industry and downstreaming of the Indonesian palm oil industry.

Keywords: polyuretan; renewable raw material; sustainability; fuzzy inference

Topic: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY