PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE)

Utilization of palm based material to produce bio-energy and bio-chemical has gain prime attention recently due to environmental concern and sustainability issues of the environment. Malaysia is one of the largest producers of palm oil product which is used either as food related products world wid...

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Main Authors: Yusup, Suzana, Ahmad, Murni M, Uemura, Yoshimitsu, mahari, Razol, Rashid, Umer
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spelling my.utp.eprints.30802017-01-19T08:25:02Z PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE) Yusup, Suzana Ahmad, Murni M Uemura, Yoshimitsu mahari, Razol Rashid, Umer TP Chemical technology Utilization of palm based material to produce bio-energy and bio-chemical has gain prime attention recently due to environmental concern and sustainability issues of the environment. Malaysia is one of the largest producers of palm oil product which is used either as food related products world wide mainly or as basic raw material for soap processing in smaller fraction. Usage of its fibers and shell from the processing waste as its fronds and trunks has the potential to be converted to alternative fuel i.e. bio-fuel or bio-chemicals. The chapter covers topics on utilization of palm waste from plam based materials to produce bio-energy and bio-chemicals and the associated processing technology. Attention is given particularly to utilization of biomass in Malaysia in addition to country such as Indonesia for comparative purposes. Technologies to convert biomass to bio-energy in form of solid, liquid and gaseous fuel and bio-chemicals are discussed. These cover processes such as torrefaction, pelletisation, gasification, fast pyrolysis for conversion of lignocellulosic materials. The chemical energy content of the harvested palm fruit and biomass exceeds the energy input through the faming systems due to conversion of solar radiation to plant growth by photosynthesis. Thus oil palm can act as a net source of useful energy. Method to estimate amount of energy generated from biomass processing is highlighted. Nova Science Publishers 2010 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3080/1/Dr_Su-Abs_palm_Oil_Waste.pdf https://www.novapublishers.com Yusup, Suzana and Ahmad, Murni M and Uemura, Yoshimitsu and mahari, Razol and Rashid, Umer (2010) PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE). In: Palm Oil: Nutition, Uses and Impacts. Nova Science Publishers, USA. (In Press) http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3080/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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country Malaysia
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topic TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Yusup, Suzana
Ahmad, Murni M
Uemura, Yoshimitsu
mahari, Razol
Rashid, Umer
PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE)
description Utilization of palm based material to produce bio-energy and bio-chemical has gain prime attention recently due to environmental concern and sustainability issues of the environment. Malaysia is one of the largest producers of palm oil product which is used either as food related products world wide mainly or as basic raw material for soap processing in smaller fraction. Usage of its fibers and shell from the processing waste as its fronds and trunks has the potential to be converted to alternative fuel i.e. bio-fuel or bio-chemicals. The chapter covers topics on utilization of palm waste from plam based materials to produce bio-energy and bio-chemicals and the associated processing technology. Attention is given particularly to utilization of biomass in Malaysia in addition to country such as Indonesia for comparative purposes. Technologies to convert biomass to bio-energy in form of solid, liquid and gaseous fuel and bio-chemicals are discussed. These cover processes such as torrefaction, pelletisation, gasification, fast pyrolysis for conversion of lignocellulosic materials. The chemical energy content of the harvested palm fruit and biomass exceeds the energy input through the faming systems due to conversion of solar radiation to plant growth by photosynthesis. Thus oil palm can act as a net source of useful energy. Method to estimate amount of energy generated from biomass processing is highlighted.
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author Yusup, Suzana
Ahmad, Murni M
Uemura, Yoshimitsu
mahari, Razol
Rashid, Umer
author_facet Yusup, Suzana
Ahmad, Murni M
Uemura, Yoshimitsu
mahari, Razol
Rashid, Umer
author_sort Yusup, Suzana
title PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE)
title_short PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE)
title_full PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE)
title_fullStr PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE)
title_full_unstemmed PALM OIL UTILIZATION (PALM WASTE)
title_sort palm oil utilization (palm waste)
publisher Nova Science Publishers
publishDate 2010
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3080/1/Dr_Su-Abs_palm_Oil_Waste.pdf
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http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3080/
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