Pyrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch biomass pellets using multimode microwave irradiation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-107

  Salema, Arshad Adam ^a   Ani, Farid Nasir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bio char; Bio oil; Biomass; Microwave pyrolysis; Phenolic

Indexed keywords

BALL LIGHTNING; BIO OIL; BIO-CHAR; BIO-OIL YIELD; BIOMASS PELLETS; FTIR ANALYSIS; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HEATING VALUE; MICROWAVE PYROLYSIS; MULTIMODES; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; PALM OIL; PHENOLIC; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PLASMA ARC; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; FRUITS; PELLETIZING; PHENOLS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIOMASS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFUEL; PALM OIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHARCOAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FRUIT; HEATING; IRRADIANCE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PYROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; FRUIT; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ARECACEAE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FRUIT; INCINERATION; MICROWAVES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84866637130     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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