Subcritical water liquefaction of oil palm fruit press fiber in the presence of sodium hydroxide: An optimisation study using response surface methodology

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 9335-9341

  Mazaheri, Hossein ^a   Lee, Keat Teong ^a   Bhatia, Subhash ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Liquefaction; Oil palm fruit press fiber (FPF); Optimisation; Response surface methodology (RSM); Subcritical water

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL COMPOSITE ROTATABLE DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HIGH PRESSURE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LIQUID PRODUCTS; OIL PALM FRUITS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; RESIDENCE TIME; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SUB-CRITICAL WATER; SUBCRITICAL WATER TREATMENT; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS;

BATCH REACTORS; FIBERS; FRUITS; LIQUEFACTION; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); PYROLYSIS; SODIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER TREATMENT;

OPTIMIZATION;

PALM OIL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; HYDROXIDE; LIQUEFACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; FRUIT; FRUIT PRESS FIBER; LIQUEFACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARECACEAE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIETARY FIBER; FRUIT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANT OILS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER;

ELAEIS;

EID: 77955656349     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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