A review of palm oil biomass as a feedstock for syngas fuel technology

Jurnal Teknologi

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 13-18

  Samiran, Nor Afzanizam ^a   Mohd Jaafar, Mohammad Nazri ^a   Chong, Cheng Tung ^a   Jo Han, Ng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empty fruit bunch (EFB); Oil palm frond (OPF); Palm kernel shell (PKS); Palm oil biomass; Syngas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922258909     PISSN: 01279696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11113/jt.v72.3932     Document Type: Article

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