TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-sustained carbonization of oil palm biomass produced an acceptable heating value charcoal with low gaseous emission
AU - Idris, Juferi
AU - Shirai, Yoshihito
AU - Andou, Yoshito
AU - Mohd Ali, Ahmad Amiruddin
AU - Othman, Mohd Ridzuan
AU - Ibrahim, Izzudin
AU - Hassan, Mohd Ali
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the research grant provided by SATREPS-Ministry of Education, Malaysia (Matching grant No. 6300156 ), that resulted in this article. The authors also thank Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan , Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia , Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) , Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) , Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak for their technical support towards this research.
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PY - 2015/2/15
Y1 - 2015/2/15
N2 - Charcoal production with higher heating value (HHV) requires high capital investment and high energy requirement for large scale production. In this study, charcoal production under self-sustained carbonization from oil palm biomass was proposed and tested at pilot scale, whereby temperature and exhaust gas flow rate were monitored but not controlled. This proposed system under self-sustained carbonization, whereby oil palm biomass is combusted to provide the heat for carbonization in inadequate oxygen is preferable to the industry due to its simplicity, ease of operation and low energy requirement. Moreover, the gaseous emissions are below the permitted level set by the environmental authorities. The considerable HHV obtained was between 23 and 25 MJ/kg with low gaseous emissions. The results obtained are acceptable and comparable to other studies on oil palm biomass conducted under controlled conditions with electrical heating elements.
AB - Charcoal production with higher heating value (HHV) requires high capital investment and high energy requirement for large scale production. In this study, charcoal production under self-sustained carbonization from oil palm biomass was proposed and tested at pilot scale, whereby temperature and exhaust gas flow rate were monitored but not controlled. This proposed system under self-sustained carbonization, whereby oil palm biomass is combusted to provide the heat for carbonization in inadequate oxygen is preferable to the industry due to its simplicity, ease of operation and low energy requirement. Moreover, the gaseous emissions are below the permitted level set by the environmental authorities. The considerable HHV obtained was between 23 and 25 MJ/kg with low gaseous emissions. The results obtained are acceptable and comparable to other studies on oil palm biomass conducted under controlled conditions with electrical heating elements.
KW - Charcoal
KW - Heating value
KW - Oil palm biomass
KW - Oil palm empty fruit bunch
KW - Self-sustained carbonization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84918814994
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 89
SP - 257
EP - 261
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -
