Material-mass balance of smallholder oil palm processing in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-294

  Ohimain, Elijah I ^a   Izah, Sylvester C ^a   Obieze, Francis A U ^a  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Material mass balance; Oil palm; Solid wastes

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; FRUITS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SOLID WASTES;

CRUDE PALM OIL; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; ENERGY SOURCE; FILLING MATERIALS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; MASS BALANCE; OIL PALM; PALM KERNEL SHELLS;

PALM OIL;

EID: 84876465121     PISSN: 20424868     EISSN: 20424876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19026/ajfst.5.3259     Document Type: Article

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