Study on the Feasibility of Oil Palm-Fronds for Biomass Gasification

• Main Authors: Sulaiman, S. A., Balamohan, S., Moni, M. N. Z., Mekbib, S., Mohamed, Ahmed Osman
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2634/1/IEESE-5_SAS_OPF.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2634/

As one of the world largest producer of palm oil, Malaysia has an abundant supply of oil-palm fronds due to the large plantation areas in the country. The fronds are pruned regularly but have little use and are mainly left on the ground in a huge quantity for natural decomposition which is a slow pr...