Microwave pyrolysis of oil palm fibres

• Main Authors: Arshad Adam, Salema, Ani, Farid Nasir
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering 2010
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7009/1/FaridNasirAni2010_MicrowavePyrolysisofOilPalmFibres.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7009/4/microwave-farid_Jld30-Jun2010_77-86.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7009/; http://jurnalmekanikal.fkm.utm.my/UserFiles/file/microwave-farid_Jld30-Jun2010_77-86.pdf

Malaysia and Indonesia are generating millions of ton of oil palm fibres (OPF) from their oil palm mills as biomass solid wastes which needs proper waste utilization application. The main purpose of the present research was to pyrolyse the OPF biomass into bio-oil using microwave irradiation techniq...