TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2013///
SN  - 19921454
A1  - Moni, M.N.Z.
A1  - Sulaiman, S.A.
JF  - Asian Journal of Scientific Research
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84876972279&doi=10.3923%2fajsr.2013.197.206&partnerID=40&md5=b06f887654f62d50d4da1570ed22d90e
EP  - 206
VL  - 6
AV  - none
N2  - Currently produced more than 40 million tons a year, only a small portion of oil palm frond is used as domestic animals forage and as raw material in small-scale furniture industry, while the rest is left at the plantation floor to naturally decompose. This study introduces oil palm frond as a solid biomass fuel for gasification to produce synthesis gas that can be utilized for heat and energy generation in a cleaner and more efficient manner than &rect combustion. Oil palm frond was gasified in the downdraft gasifier at 700 to 1000°C reactor temperature with a controlled air supply of 180 to 200 L min-1. The effects of reactor temperature and operation time to the quality of syngas produced from oil palm frond downdraft gasification were investigated. At a calorific value around 18 MJ kg-1, oil palm frond was found to produce synthesis gas that sustainably burnt in air with a higher heating value of around 5 MJ N-1 m-1. Oil palm frond was found to be optimally producing syngas with desired energy content at a reactor temperature range of 700-900°C and within the first 45 min of gasifier operation.
N1  - cited By 12
IS  - 2
ID  - scholars3626
SP  - 197
TI  - Downdraft gasification of oil palm frond: Effects of temperature and operation time
ER  -