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Comparing characteristics of oil palm biochar using conventional and microwave heating

Abas, Fatimatul Zaharah and Nasir Ani, Farid (2014) Comparing characteristics of oil palm biochar using conventional and microwave heating. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering), 68 (3). pp. 33-37. ISSN 2180-3722

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v68.2926

Abstract

Microwave heating technique is one of the most attractive alternative applications in the thermal conversion process. In addition, microwave pyrolysis is one of the thermochemical technologies using microwave irradiation heating in order to obtain biofuels and materials from biomass. Microwave pyrolysis not only overcomes the disadvantages of conventional pyrolysis methods such as slow heating, but also improves the quality of final pyrolysis products. Recently, the biomass from oil palm wastes (empty fruit bunch, oil palm shell and oil palm fiber) has been gaining more attention in order to produce the biochar. In addition, biochar is important for sequestering carbon and as an effectively additive to improve soil fertility, aid sustainable production, reduce contamination of water streams. This paper focused on the comparison of biochar characteristics produced from oil palm biomass via microwave heating and conventional heating. Analysis on the characteristics of the biochar includes its physical properties, proximate and elemental analysis, the Brunauer- Emmet- Teller (BET) surface area and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:microwave pyrolysis, biochar, thermochemical, conventional pyrolysis
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:52163
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:01 Feb 2016 03:52
Last Modified:17 Sep 2018 03:47

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