Characterization of oil palm biomass as feed for torrefaction process

Muafah Abd Aziz; Yoshimitsu Uemura; Khalik M. Sabil

doi:10.1109/NatPC.2011.6136260

Characterization of oil palm biomass as feed for torrefaction process

Muafah Abd Aziz^*, Yoshimitsu Uemura, Khalik M. Sabil

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School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

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Abstract

Characterization of oil palm biomass namely empty fruit bunch (EFB), palm mesocarp fiber (PMF) and palm kernel shell (PKS) had been studied to determine its potential utilization for torrefaction. Torrefaction is a thermal pretreatment process to pretreat biomass at temperature range of 200-300°C under an inert atmosphere at low heating rate less than 50Cmin ¹. The characterization included ultimate, proximate and SEM analyses. The ultimate analysis showed that oil palm biomass approximately composed of carbon (45-50%), hydrogen (5%), nitrogen (0.5%), sulfur (0.4%) and oxygen (43-48%). The proximate analysis revealed that oil palm biomass consisted of moisture (6-8%), volatile matter (72-75%), fixed carbon (14-16%) and ash (2-5%). Besides, SEM analysis showed significance at the existence of sharp edges at EFB surface, pores at PMF surface and the presence of agglomeration at PKS surface. From these experimental analyses, EFB, PMF and PKS had been found to be suitable feed for torrefaction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds, NPC 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NatPC.2011.6136260
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	3rd National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds 2011 - Perak, Malaysia Duration: 19 Sept 2011 → 20 Sept 2011

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Conference	3rd National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds 2011
Abbreviated title	NPC 2011
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Perak
Period	19/09/11 → 20/09/11

Keywords

characterization
empty fruit bunch (EFB)
palm kernel shell (PKS)
palm mesocarp fiber (PMF)
torrefaction

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Aziz, MA, Uemura, Y & Sabil, KM 2011, Characterization of oil palm biomass as feed for torrefaction process. in 2011 National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds, NPC 2011., 6136260, 3rd National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds 2011, Perak, Malaysia, 19/09/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/NatPC.2011.6136260

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