Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification

Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) has been proven as one of the potential types of biomass feedstock for power generation. The low ash content and high calorific value are making OPF an attractive source for gasification. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of pre-treatments of OPF residua...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, S.A., Mat Razali, N.H., Zaidi Bin Moni, M.N., Inayat, M.
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spelling my.utp.eprints.199762018-04-22T14:30:25Z Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification Sulaiman, S.A. Mat Razali, N.H. Zaidi Bin Moni, M.N. Inayat, M. Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) has been proven as one of the potential types of biomass feedstock for power generation. The low ash content and high calorific value are making OPF an attractive source for gasification. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of pre-treatments of OPF residual on gasification. The pre-treatments included the briquetting process and extensive drying of OPF which are studied separately. In briquetting process, the OPF were mixed with some portions of paper as an additives, leaflets, and water, to form a soupy slurry. The extensive drying of OPF needs to cut down OPF in 4-6 cm particle size and left to dry in the oven at 150°C for 24 hours. Gasification process was carried out at the end of each of the pre-treated processes. It was found that the average gas composition obtained from briquetting process was 8.07, 2.06, 0.54,and 11.02 for CO, H2, CH4, and CO2 respectively. A good composition of syngas was produced from extensive dried OPF, as 16.48, 4.03, 0.91,and 11.15 for CO, H2, CH4, and CO2 contents respectively. It can be concluded that pre-treatments improved the physical characteristics of biomass. The bulk density of biomass can be increased by briquetting but the stability of the structure is depending on the composition of briquette formulation. Furthermore, the stability of gasification process also depended on briquette density, mechanical strength, and formulation. © The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017. EDP Sciences 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85033226686&doi=10.1051%2fmatecconf%2f201713103016&partnerID=40&md5=e1841da431babeaa873ed0624857b216 Sulaiman, S.A. and Mat Razali, N.H. and Zaidi Bin Moni, M.N. and Inayat, M. (2017) Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification. MATEC Web of Conferences, 131 . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19976/
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description Oil Palm Fronds (OPF) has been proven as one of the potential types of biomass feedstock for power generation. The low ash content and high calorific value are making OPF an attractive source for gasification. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of pre-treatments of OPF residual on gasification. The pre-treatments included the briquetting process and extensive drying of OPF which are studied separately. In briquetting process, the OPF were mixed with some portions of paper as an additives, leaflets, and water, to form a soupy slurry. The extensive drying of OPF needs to cut down OPF in 4-6 cm particle size and left to dry in the oven at 150°C for 24 hours. Gasification process was carried out at the end of each of the pre-treated processes. It was found that the average gas composition obtained from briquetting process was 8.07, 2.06, 0.54,and 11.02 for CO, H2, CH4, and CO2 respectively. A good composition of syngas was produced from extensive dried OPF, as 16.48, 4.03, 0.91,and 11.15 for CO, H2, CH4, and CO2 contents respectively. It can be concluded that pre-treatments improved the physical characteristics of biomass. The bulk density of biomass can be increased by briquetting but the stability of the structure is depending on the composition of briquette formulation. Furthermore, the stability of gasification process also depended on briquette density, mechanical strength, and formulation. © The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.
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author Sulaiman, S.A.
Mat Razali, N.H.
Zaidi Bin Moni, M.N.
Inayat, M.
spellingShingle Sulaiman, S.A.
Mat Razali, N.H.
Zaidi Bin Moni, M.N.
Inayat, M.
Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification
author_facet Sulaiman, S.A.
Mat Razali, N.H.
Zaidi Bin Moni, M.N.
Inayat, M.
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title Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification
title_short Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification
title_full Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification
title_fullStr Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification
title_full_unstemmed Pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification
title_sort pre-treatment of oil palm fronds biomass for gasification
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