Bio-Oils and Diesel Fuel Derived from Alkaline Treated Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB)

Nor Aishah Saidina Amin; Mailin Misson; Roslindawati Haron; Mohd Fadhzir Ahmad Kamroddin; Wan Nor Nadyaini Wan Omar; Kok-Giap Haw

Authors

Nor Aishah Saidina Amin Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Author
Mailin Misson Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Author
Roslindawati Haron Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Author
Mohd Fadhzir Ahmad Kamroddin Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Author
Wan Nor Nadyaini Wan Omar Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Author
Kok-Giap Haw Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Author

Keywords:

Bio-oils, Empty palm fruit bunch (EFB), Pretreatment, Pyrolysis, Upgrading

Abstract

biomass & renewablesInternational Journal ofIn this work, EFB was chemically pretreated with different sodium hydroxide (NaOH) concentration. Pyrolysis was conducted in the presence of HZSM-5 after the pretreatment step to assess the effects of pretreatment process on bio-oil production. Conversions of EFB were reported to be 61 wt%, 47 wt% and 42 wt%, after pretreatment with 5 wt%, 15 wt% and 25 wt%, NaOH concentrations, respectively. Furthermore, the pretreatment has effectively improved the bio-oil quality by reducing or even eliminating undesired products. Besides, biomass structure was dissembled and converted to valuable compounds after upgrading the bio-oil with improved quality.