@inproceedings{scholars12055,
         journal = {Materials Today: Proceedings},
       publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
           pages = {1901--1908},
            year = {2019},
           title = {Thermochemical behavior and characterization of palm kernel shell via TGA/DTG technique},
          volume = {16},
            note = {cited By 13; Conference of 2017 Conference on Biomedical and Advanced Materials, Bio-CAM 2017 ; Conference Date: 28 November 2017 Through 29 November 2017; Conference Code:151551},
             doi = {10.1016/j.matpr.2019.06.067},
        keywords = {Decomposition; Field emission microscopes; Heating; Shells (structures), Air atmosphere; Biomass Gasification; DTG analysis; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Higher heating value; Palm kernel shells; Proximate analysis; TGA; Thermochemical behavior; Ultimate analysis, Scanning electron microscopy},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072383121&doi=10.1016\%2fj.matpr.2019.06.067&partnerID=40&md5=3645153c49d50108033b35f29babd92d},
        abstract = {This study investigates characterization and thermal decomposition of palm kernel shell (PKS) biomass. PKS is heated from 25 {\^A}oC to 1000{\^A}oC using TG/DTG analysis using air atmosphere with a flow rate of 100 ml.min-1 at four different heating rates 10, 20,30, 40{\^A}oCmin-1. The physiochemical properties such as proximate analysis, ultimate analysis, heating values, X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) were determined. The results of the ultimate analysis show a higher amount of carbon and hydrogen contents which results in a higher heating value of palm kernel shell (PKS). The higher heating value determined by bomb calorimetric method was 17 MJ/kg on dry ash free basis. The FESEM analysis shows that PKS has a porous structure which facilitates the volatile matter release necessary for bio-energy production. It can be concluded from this study that; palm kernel shell has good potential to be converted into biofuels or used as fuel for energy. {\^A}{\copyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
            issn = {22147853},
          author = {Hussain, M. and Tufa, L. D. and Yusup, S. and Zabiri, H.}
}