Characteristics of calcined palm oil pastes for biosilica extraction as a function of calcination temperatures

• Main Authors: N.A.S., Abdul Samat, U. Z., Kamarul Jaman, S., Saree, D. S. A., Mahmod, Lai, J. C. H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34702/1/abstract.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34702/; https://doi.org/10.22201/icat.24486736e.2021.19.1.1489

Palm oil production in Malaysia has increased over the years. As the consequence of high production of palm oil, surplus quantities of palm oil biomass wastes such as empty fruit bunches (EFB), palm kernel shell (PKS), and oil palm decanter cake (DC) are generated. Generally, these wastes are used a...