Pyrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch biomass pellets using multimode microwave irradiation

• Main Authors: Ani, Farid Nasir, Salema, Arshad Adam
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33480/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.002

Oil palm empty fruit bunch pellets were subjected to pyrolysis in a multimode microwave (MW) system (1. kW and 2.45. GHz frequency) with and without the MW absorber, activated carbon. The ratio of biomass to MW absorber not only affected the temperature profiles of the EFB but also pyrolysis product...