Empty Fruit Bunch Composition

Empty fruit bunch efb is a kind of biomass formed during the production process of palm oil.

Empty fruit bunch composition. Empty fruit bunches efb is becoming a popular source of fuel for renewable energy re power generation. It is a lignocellulosic material and has potential as the natural fibre resource. Empty fruit bunch efb is one of the oil palm biomass material. The efb amounting to 12 4 million t year 1 fresh weight and regularly discharged from oil palm refineries abdul khalil et al 2006.

The interest in oil palm empty fruit bunch opefb as a promising feedstock for bioconversion into value added products is growing fast thus a thorough analysis of its component becomes necessary. This study therefore examined the utilization of empty fruit bunch efb as an alternative fuel for firing a steam turbine plant for the production of electricity. The reclamation of energy from the by product of palm fresh fruit bunch pffb after processing into palm oil can be seen as an alternative to fossil fuel. In this study the biomass chemical composition and.

This study was an attempt to produce bio oil from empty fruit bunches efb of oil palm waste using fast pyrolysis technology. Malaysia has a ready source of biomass in empty fruit bunches efb conveniently collected and available for exploitation in all palm oil mills. A comparison of the elemental composition of unwashed and washed feedstock was. Previously the efbs were burned and the ash used as fertilizer.

Very little data and information were documented regarding efb decomposition and nutrient release and effect on the soil characteristics. Efb that used to be disposed of as waste has recently been used as fuel as quantities have increased. Research work was mainly on oil palm yield response to efb application in field trials. Cheniical coniposition of oil palm empty fruit bunch and its decomposition in the field wingkis rabumi master of agriculture science universiti putra malaysia 1998.

The need for empty fruit bunch efb composting treatment one of the most significant by products in terms of quantity of the palm oil milling process is the empty fruit bunch with one ton of fresh fruit producing approximately 0 22 tons of empty fruit bunches. Chemical composition of oil palm empty fruit bunch and its decomposition in the field wingkis rabumi fp 1998 3. A 150 g h fluidised bed bench scale fast pyrolysis unit operating at atmospheric pressure was used to obtain the pyrolysis liquid. Efb commonly has a high moisture content which lowers the combustion temperature and reduces energy efficiency.

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