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Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material

TP339. F38 2020

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Main Author: Farisha Noratilia Azmi
Format: text::Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2024
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-319282024-04-28T02:01:26Z Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material Farisha Noratilia Azmi Biochar TP339. F38 2020 The increasing demand on cleaner and sustainable development has been the main factor for researchers and industry players to explore for alternative greener and sustainable feedstocks for both chemical and energy production. Biochar is commonly derived from biomass waste such as industrial waste, waste paper, sludge and animal manure. Additionally, it is well recognized that Malaysia produces an abundance of oil palm biomass and other renewable organic matter each year which can be transformed into bio-energy and bio-chemical. Through the production of biochar, it could solve the problems of organic waste management. It can also be added to low fertility soil to increase soil nutrients and enhance the soil quality, work as a stable carbon where climate change can be mitigated and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced. This research proposes slow pyrolysis process as a method to convert the biomass into biochar which, utilizes two different feedstocks as a stepping stone in Malaysia's biochar development. The characteristic tests of palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste materials consisting of waste paper were mixed into various combination ratios to identify the moisture, volatile matter (VM), ash and fixed carbon (FC) content. Based on previous researches, biomass alone is stated to be high in moisture. Therefore, pre- treatment method were initiated on both feedstocks to reduce the moisture content as higher moisture content would limit the char formation. In addition to that, the biochar potential of S2 with composition of 80% PKS with 20% of waste materials were observed using slow pyrolysis process at various temperatures of 300°C, 400°C and 500°C respectively. Furthermore, Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) analysis were performed to observe the difference on the elemental composition between biochar produced by slow pyrolysis and biochar available in the market. 2024-04-23T06:13:43Z 2024-04-23T06:13:43Z 2020 Resource Types::text::Final Year Project https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/31928 en application/pdf
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topic Biochar
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Farisha Noratilia Azmi
Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material
description TP339. F38 2020
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author Farisha Noratilia Azmi
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title Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material
title_short Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material
title_full Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material
title_fullStr Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material
title_full_unstemmed Study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (PKS) and waste material
title_sort study of biochar production potential by using slow pyrolysis process between palm kernel shell (pks) and waste material
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