Strategy to enhance the sugar production using recyclable inorganic salt for pre-treatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB)

• Main Authors: Hassan, N., Khairil Anwar, N., Idris, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: North Carolina State University 2020
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90239/1/AniIdris2020_StrategytoEnhancetheSugarProduction.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90239/; http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.15.3.4912-4931

Inorganic salts were used for the pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) to enhance the delignification and saccharification yield of OPEFB. The sequential pretreatment of OPEFB using sodium phosphate dodecahydrate (Na3PO4.12H2O) and zinc chloride (ZnCl2) proved to be an effective appr...