Torrefaction of oil palm wastes

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2585-2591

  Uemura, Yoshimitsu ^a   Omar, Wissam N ^a   Tsutsui, Toshio ^b   Yusup, Suzana Bt ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Empty fruit bunch; Kernel shell; Mesocarp fiber; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; ENERGY YIELDS; KERNEL SHELL; MALAYSIA; MESOCARP FIBER; OIL PALM WASTE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SOLID FUELS; TORREFACTION;

FUELS;

FRUITS;

EID: 79957456303     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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