Furfural production from biomass residues: Current technologies, challenges and future prospects

KJ Yong, TY Wu, CBTL Lee, ZJ Lee, Q Liu… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hemicellulose-rich lignocellulosic biomass is an ideal source of carbohydrates to produce
furfural commercially. Furfural is recognized as a versatile platform chemical with a bright …

Pretreatment methods for an effective conversion of oil palm biomass into sugars and high-value chemicals

ZN Akhlisah, R Yunus, ZZ Abidin, BY Lim… - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
Oil palm biomass is a readily available raw material for production of green chemicals such
as levulinic acid and ethanol. One of the major problems on the conversion of this biomass …

Production of polyhydroxybutyrate from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) hydrolysates by Bacillus cereus suaeda B-001

N Hidayat, R Alamsyah, AM Roslan… - Biocatalysis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a biodegradable polymer accumulated in intracellular
granules by numerous bacteria. Its physical and chemical characteristics are like those of …

Preliminary design of corncob based furfural plant

N Hidayat, AN Hidayat, M Gozan - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Cob corn is one of solid waste farm which contents pentosan, and has economic value to be
produced as furfural products. Furfural making process use semibatch process by …

Delignification of empty fruit bunch using deep eutectic solvent for biobased-chemical production

M Muryanto, F Amelia, MN Izzah… - … Series: Earth and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Lignocellulose biomass was a potential feedstock for biobased chemicals substituting fossil-
based chemicals. Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) is the largest lignocellulose biomass …

Lignin decomposition of Oil Palm Frond by Pleurotus ostreatus with a variation of corn and rice-husk media

M Gozan, NC Natasha, P Srinophakun - Journal of Integrated and …, 2022 - asasijournal.id
This study aimed to decompose lignin from oil palm midrib (OPF) bonds using the fungus
Pleurotus ostreatus with various substrates (corn and rice husk). Lignin and cellulose levels …

Techno-economic evaluation of integrated levulinic acid-bioethanol plant design based on oil palm empty fruit bunches

KL Putri, P Srinophakun, M Gozan - IOP Conference Series …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Currently, renewable energy started to become a focus of the world as it can be an
alternative to fossil energy. Bioethanol is the result of glucose fermentation derived from …

Optimization of microwave assisted dilute ammonia pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch using response surface methodology

AA Rahman, AFP Harahap, IN Sadrina… - IOP Conference Series …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Indonesia is the largest producer of palm oil in the world. Around one-fifth of the palm oil
processing, weight end up as solid waste, named as oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) …

Simulation of Furfural and Levulinic Acid Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass

JRH Panjaitan - Jurnal Teknik Kimia dan Lingkungan, 2023 - jurnal.polinema.ac.id
Furfural and levulinic acid are chemicals that can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass.
In this research, mass balance simulation of furfural and levulinic acid production at scale of …

Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) of furfural purification from oil palm empty bunch with toluene solvent

SP Utami, AFP Harahap, MA Darmawan… - … Series: Earth and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Oil Palm Empty Brunches (OPEB) as lignocellulose can be hydrolyzed into various
chemical compounds with high selling value, such as furfural. Furfural purification by liquid …