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Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment

Background: Coconut husk has the potential to be used as a source of alternative energy such as biofuel. Its high lignin content, however, poses difficulty to this use. Objective: To investigate the use of microwave assisted acidic and alkaline pretreatment methods to improve the characteristics of...

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Main Authors: Laghari, S.M., Isa, M.H., Laghari, A.J.
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Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2015
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spelling my.utp.eprints.307592022-03-25T07:17:02Z Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment Laghari, S.M. Isa, M.H. Laghari, A.J. Background: Coconut husk has the potential to be used as a source of alternative energy such as biofuel. Its high lignin content, however, poses difficulty to this use. Objective: To investigate the use of microwave assisted acidic and alkaline pretreatment methods to improve the characteristics of coconut husk for energy production. Results: It was found that microwave assisted sodium hydroxide pretreatment was most effective. Conclusion: 3.5 microwave assisted sodium hydroxide gave the best results in removing the lignin content and increasing the cellulose content. © 2015 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2015 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85063857776&partnerID=40&md5=2a751011a875219986996947f07a65e3 Laghari, S.M. and Isa, M.H. and Laghari, A.J. (2015) Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment. Advances in Environmental Biology, 9 (1). pp. 1-5. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/30759/
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description Background: Coconut husk has the potential to be used as a source of alternative energy such as biofuel. Its high lignin content, however, poses difficulty to this use. Objective: To investigate the use of microwave assisted acidic and alkaline pretreatment methods to improve the characteristics of coconut husk for energy production. Results: It was found that microwave assisted sodium hydroxide pretreatment was most effective. Conclusion: 3.5 microwave assisted sodium hydroxide gave the best results in removing the lignin content and increasing the cellulose content. © 2015 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.
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author Laghari, S.M.
Isa, M.H.
Laghari, A.J.
spellingShingle Laghari, S.M.
Isa, M.H.
Laghari, A.J.
Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment
author_facet Laghari, S.M.
Isa, M.H.
Laghari, A.J.
author_sort Laghari, S.M.
title Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment
title_short Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment
title_full Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment
title_fullStr Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment
title_full_unstemmed Delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment
title_sort delignification of coconut husk by microwave assisted chemical pretreatment
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