Production of Citric Acid from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches by Solid State Bioconversion using Local Aspergillus niger

• Main Authors: Alam, Md. Zahangir, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Jamal, Parveen, Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Bari, Md. Niamul
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: TA170 Environmental engineering; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/10571/1/C32_Md.Zahangir_Alam%2C_UIAM.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/10571/; http://www.biotek.gov.my/nbs2010/program/poster/ind/

Malaysia is the largest oil palm (Elaeis guianeensis) plantation country in the world and annually produce 17.08 million tons empty fruit bunches (EFB) as solid waste (Chew and Bhatia, 2008). The oil palm biomass including EFB is burnt as fuel in the boiler to produce steam for electricity generatio...