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Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed

The natural forest in Malaysia had produced a largest biomass resource due to the agricultures activities. Not only that, Malaysia also produces a lot of solid waste such as empty fruit bunch because Malaysia is the second top producer of palm oil. In this study, the empty fruit bunch (EFB) is used...

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Main Authors: Wilson, Tungku, Mohd Zin, Azrinawati, Mohamed, Alina Rahayu
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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spelling my.uitm.ir.826542023-08-17T06:23:13Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82654/ Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed Wilson, Tungku Mohd Zin, Azrinawati Mohamed, Alina Rahayu Biomass The natural forest in Malaysia had produced a largest biomass resource due to the agricultures activities. Not only that, Malaysia also produces a lot of solid waste such as empty fruit bunch because Malaysia is the second top producer of palm oil. In this study, the empty fruit bunch (EFB) is used as the biomass because of its abundant resources. Biomass has a higher moisture content and lower calorific value than coal. In response to the issues related to environment pollution, renewable energy such as biomass has been recognized as a solution to overcome the problem related to the degradation of natural resources. In this study, torrefaction process has been introduced to increase the calorific value, lower the moisture content and also to produce a better fuel quality. Therefore, the purposes of this study are to study the effect of torrefaction temperature and holding time on the mass yield of torrefied EFB and to assess the activation energy, Ea of torrefaction process by using the Coats-Redfern method. The torrefaction of EFB was performed in a fixed-bed reactor under an inert environment. The effects of various torrefaction temperatures between 200 and 300 oC and holding times of 20, 40 and 60 minutes on the mass yield of EFB were investigated. The results showed that temperature significantly influenced the mass yield of EFB during torrefaction. It was determined that the mass yield decreased upon increasing torrefaction temperature. The highest activation energy values for EFB was 37.09 kJ/mol at holding time of 20 minutes, respectively. In this study, the torrefaction process can be proven that the torrofired biomass can improvise its characteristic of biomass. 2020 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82654/1/82654.pdf Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed. (2020) In: UNSPECIFIED.
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
building Tun Abdul Razak Library
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country Malaysia
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topic Biomass
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Wilson, Tungku
Mohd Zin, Azrinawati
Mohamed, Alina Rahayu
Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed
description The natural forest in Malaysia had produced a largest biomass resource due to the agricultures activities. Not only that, Malaysia also produces a lot of solid waste such as empty fruit bunch because Malaysia is the second top producer of palm oil. In this study, the empty fruit bunch (EFB) is used as the biomass because of its abundant resources. Biomass has a higher moisture content and lower calorific value than coal. In response to the issues related to environment pollution, renewable energy such as biomass has been recognized as a solution to overcome the problem related to the degradation of natural resources. In this study, torrefaction process has been introduced to increase the calorific value, lower the moisture content and also to produce a better fuel quality. Therefore, the purposes of this study are to study the effect of torrefaction temperature and holding time on the mass yield of torrefied EFB and to assess the activation energy, Ea of torrefaction process by using the Coats-Redfern method. The torrefaction of EFB was performed in a fixed-bed reactor under an inert environment. The effects of various torrefaction temperatures between 200 and 300 oC and holding times of 20, 40 and 60 minutes on the mass yield of EFB were investigated. The results showed that temperature significantly influenced the mass yield of EFB during torrefaction. It was determined that the mass yield decreased upon increasing torrefaction temperature. The highest activation energy values for EFB was 37.09 kJ/mol at holding time of 20 minutes, respectively. In this study, the torrefaction process can be proven that the torrofired biomass can improvise its characteristic of biomass.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Wilson, Tungku
Mohd Zin, Azrinawati
Mohamed, Alina Rahayu
author_facet Wilson, Tungku
Mohd Zin, Azrinawati
Mohamed, Alina Rahayu
author_sort Wilson, Tungku
title Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed
title_short Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed
title_full Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed
title_fullStr Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed
title_full_unstemmed Torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / Wilson Tungku, Azrinawati Mohd Zin and Alina Rahayu Mohamed
title_sort torreffaction of empty fruit bunch in a fixed bed reactor / wilson tungku, azrinawati mohd zin and alina rahayu mohamed
publishDate 2020
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82654/1/82654.pdf
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