[HTML][HTML] Oil palm biomass in Indonesia: Thermochemical upgrading and its utilization

R Nabila, W Hidayat, A Haryanto, U Hasanudin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indonesia is the world's largest palm oil producing country. The oil palm industry (plantation
and milling) generates large amounts of solid waste in the form of empty fruit bunches (EFB) …

The good, the bad, the advantage of washing pretreatment in reducing slagging and fouling index during the torrefaction process

A Javanmard, WMAW Daud, MFA Patah - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper focuses on investigating the effectiveness of washing pretreatment in
reducing slagging and fouling index during the combustion process of empty fruit bunches …

Synthesis of renewable heterogeneous acid catalyst from oil palm empty fruit bunch for glycerol-free biodiesel production

WY Wong, S Lim, YL Pang, SH Shuit, WH Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Interest in biodiesel research has escalated over the years due to dwindling fossil fuel
reserves. The implementation of a carbon-based solid acid catalyst in biodiesel production …

An integrated life-cycle greenhouse gas protocol accounting on oil palm trunk and empty fruit bunch biofuel production

ZL Chew, EH Tan, A Sathiamurthy, L Palaniandy… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Improper discard of oil palm trunk and empty fruit bunch renders massive greenhouse
gases. Turning these palm wastes into solid biofuels could aid in carbon reduction. The …

Hydrothermal carbonization of olive wastes to produce renewable, binder-free pellets for use as metallurgical reducing agents

GR Surup, JJ Leahy, MT Timko, A Trubetskaya - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Torrefaction or hydrothermal carbonization processes were compared for conversion of olive
pulp into metallurgical reducing agent. The dependence of yield, CO 2 reactivity, and …

Evolving circular economy in a palm oil factory: Integration of pilot-scale hydrothermal carbonization, gasification, and anaerobic digestion for valorization of empty fruit …

P Attasophonwattana, P Sitthichirachat, C Siripaiboon… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In the context of evolving a circular economy for the palm-oil industry, this article presents a
study of oil-palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) conversion and utilization within a palm-oil mill …

Biodiesel synthesis from oil palm empty fruit bunch biochar derived heterogeneous solid catalyst using 4-benzenediazonium sulfonate

S Lim, CY Yap, YL Pang, KH Wong - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In this research, biomass from oil palm empty fruit bunch was used as the carbon precursor
and sulfonated by 4-benzenediazonium sulfonate (4-BDS) to produce solid acid catalyst …

Properties and molecular structure of carbon quantum dots derived from empty fruit bunch biochar using a facile microwave-assisted method for the detection of Cu2+ …

ASK Zaman, TL Tan, N Jamaludin, AR Sadrolhosseini… - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQD) have received considerable attention due to its advantageous
characteristics of highly fluorescent nature and good biocompatibility. In this study, CQD …

Effect of hydrothermal pretreatment on deashing and pyrolysis characteristics of bamboo shoot shells

Q Gao, L Ni, Y He, Y Hou, W Hu, Z Liu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Bamboo shoot shells (BSS) were treated at hydrothermal temperatures of 160° C, 180° C,
and 200° C with residence times of 6 h, 8 h, and 10 h. The variation of ash-forming elements …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of process variables on producing biocoals by hydrothermal carbonisation of pine Kraft lignin at low temperatures

U Musa, M Castro-Díaz, CN Uguna, CE Snape - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin from pulping is recovered in a wet form, making it ideal for hydrothermal
carbonisation (HTC). This study investigates the effects of temperature (200–280° C) …