TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness of biological pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch on its conversion into Bio-Coke
AU - Koesoemadinata, Vidya Cundasari
AU - Chou, Kenki
AU - Baharin, Nur Syahirah Kamal
AU - Yahya, Wira Jazair
AU - Yuzir, Muhamad Ali Muhammad
AU - Akhir, Fazrena Nadia Md
AU - Iwamoto, Koji
AU - Hata, Satoshi
AU - Aid, Siti Rahmah Binti
AU - Othman, Nor'’azizi
AU - Ida, Tamio
AU - Murakami, Yasukazu
AU - Hara, Hirofumi
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors wish to thank the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology and Ultramicroscopy Research Center, Kyushu University for providing the necessary facilities to carry out this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The demand for affordable energy will continue to increase. On the other side, the utilization of fossil fuels is causing drastic changes to our climate forcing us to search for more sustainable sources of energy. Lignocellulosic biomass waste from palm oil industry in Malaysia is one of the most abundant and economically attractive sources of renewable energy. This can be utilized as the raw material for solid biofuel, i.e., Bio-Coke. Some efforts have been made to improve the quality of Bio-Coke in recent years. This study aims to determine the influence of biological pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) on its subsequent Bio-Coke characteristics. The results show after pretreatment, the fiber structure of EFB could be seen clearly and a looser connection between single fibers is observed. The pretreatment leads to the biologically pretreated Bio-Coke having higher apparent density and longer combustion duration than the Bio-Coke without pretreatment.
AB - The demand for affordable energy will continue to increase. On the other side, the utilization of fossil fuels is causing drastic changes to our climate forcing us to search for more sustainable sources of energy. Lignocellulosic biomass waste from palm oil industry in Malaysia is one of the most abundant and economically attractive sources of renewable energy. This can be utilized as the raw material for solid biofuel, i.e., Bio-Coke. Some efforts have been made to improve the quality of Bio-Coke in recent years. This study aims to determine the influence of biological pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) on its subsequent Bio-Coke characteristics. The results show after pretreatment, the fiber structure of EFB could be seen clearly and a looser connection between single fibers is observed. The pretreatment leads to the biologically pretreated Bio-Coke having higher apparent density and longer combustion duration than the Bio-Coke without pretreatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100765
DO - 10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100765
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110666195
SN - 2589-014X
VL - 15
JO - Bioresource Technology Reports
JF - Bioresource Technology Reports
M1 - 100765
ER -
