@article {10.3844/ajassp.2009.869.875,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Bio-oils from Pyrolysis of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches},
author = {Sukiran, Mohamad Azri and Chin, Chow Mee and Bakar, Nor Kartini Abu},
volume = {6},
year = {2009},
month = {May},
pages = {869-875},
doi = {10.3844/ajassp.2009.869.875},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2009.869.875},
abstract = {Problem Statement: The palm oil industry generates an abundance of oil palm biomass such as the mesocarp fibre, shell, empty fruit bunch (EFB), frond, trunk and palm oil mill effluent (POME). For 80 million tonnes of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) processed last year, the amount of oil palm biomass was more than 25 million tones. The objectives of this study were to: (i) Determine the effect of various pyrolysis parameters on product yields and (ii) Characterise liquid product obtained under different condition. Approach: In this study, pyrolysis of oil palm Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB) was investigated using quartz fluidized fixed bed reactor. The effects of pyrolysis temperatures, particle sizes and heating rates on the yield of the products were investigated. The temperature of pyrolysis and heating rate were varied in the range 300-700 °C and 10-100 °C min1 respectively. The particle size was varied in the range of },
journal = {American Journal of Applied Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}