The effects of holding time and the sweeping nitrogen gas flowrates on the pyrolysis of EFB using a fixed bed reactor

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-191

  Mohamed, Alina Rahayu ^a   Hamzah, Zainab ^a   Daud, Mohamed Zulkali Mohamed ^a   Zakaria, Zarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bio oil; Empty fruit bunch; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891715631     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.02.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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