Oil palm biomass as feedstock for biofuel production

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn 138, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-106

  Lee, Keat Teong ^a   Ofori Boateng, Cynthia ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crude palm oil; Oil palm; Oil palm biomass; Oil palm frond; Oil palm leaves; Oil palm root; Oil palm trunk; Oil palm wastes; Palm biofuels; Palm empty fruit bunch; Palm fatty acid distillate; Palm kernel oil; Palm kernel shells; Palm oil mill effluent; Palm olein; Palm pressed fiber; Palm stearin

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOPRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

CRUDE PALM OIL; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; OIL PALM; OIL PALM BIOMASS; OIL PALM FROND; OIL PALM TRUNKS; OIL PALM WASTE; PALM FATTY ACID DISTILLATE; PALM KERNEL OIL; PALM KERNEL SHELLS; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; PALM OLEIN; PALM PRESSED FIBERS; PALM STEARIN;

PALM OIL;

EID: 84881505054     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-70-3_3     Document Type: Article

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