Preliminary torrefaction of oil palm empty fruit bunch pellets

• Main Authors: Nyakuma, B. B., Ahmad, A., Johari, A., Abdullah, T. A. T., Oladokun, O., Al-Shatri, A. H., Alir, A.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90126/; https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199001014

Torrefaction of pelletised oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFBs) is a promising pretreatment technique for improving its solid biofuel properties and energy recovery potential. Therefore, this paper investigates the torrefaction of OPEFB pellets to examine the effects of temperature and purge gas fl...