TY  - CONF
ID  - scholars12055
TI  - Thermochemical behavior and characterization of palm kernel shell via TGA/DTG technique
SP  - 1901
KW  - Decomposition; Field emission microscopes; Heating; Shells (structures)
KW  -  Air atmosphere; Biomass Gasification; DTG analysis; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Higher heating value; Palm kernel shells; Proximate analysis; TGA; Thermochemical behavior; Ultimate analysis
KW  -  Scanning electron microscopy
N1  - 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
N2  - This study investigates characterization and thermal decomposition of palm kernel shell (PKS) biomass. PKS is heated from 25 °C to 1000°C 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°Cmin-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. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AV  - none
EP  - 1908
VL  - 16
A1  - Hussain, M.
A1  - Tufa, L.D.
A1  - Yusup, S.
A1  - Zabiri, H.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072383121&doi=10.1016%2fj.matpr.2019.06.067&partnerID=40&md5=3645153c49d50108033b35f29babd92d
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
SN  - 22147853
Y1  - 2019///
ER  -