A preliminary study of oil palm fronds for gasification process

Sulaiman, S.A. and Atnaw, S.M. and Moni, M.N.Z. (2011) A preliminary study of oil palm fronds for gasification process. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Being one of the world's largest producers of palm oil, Malaysia has an abundant supply of oil-palm fronds due to the large plantation areas in the country. The oil palm fronds have little use and are mainly left on the ground in a huge quantity for the slow process of natural decomposition. Considering their large and consistent supply, oil-palm fronds could be a promising source of biomass energy through gasification. In this work, the feasibility of oil-palm fronds for biomass gasification is studied. The study is conducted experimentally via standard tests to determine the thermochemical characteristics of oil palm fronds. Computer simulation using Aspen Plus is performed to predict composition of the syngas. A preliminary gasification of oil palm fronds is conducted to understand the process and to improve the study in the future. It is concluded from this work that oil palm fronds are feasible for gasification and have a good potential as a renewable energy source.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information: cited By 3; Conference of IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, EuroPES 2011 ; Conference Date: 22 June 2011 Through 24 June 2011; Conference Code:99103
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bio-mass energy; Biomass Gasification; Gasification process; Natural decompositions; Oil-palm fronds; Renewable energies; Renewable energy source; Thermochemical characteristics, Biomass; Computer simulation; Gasification; Renewable energy resources, Palm oil
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2023 15:49
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2023 15:49
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/1479

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