What is it about?
Oil palm frond was shown as a feasible feedstock for a commercial scale gasifier to produce combustible gas, namely syngas which mainly consists of hydrogen, methane and carbon monoxide. The quality of the syngas was shown to be suitable for gas engine application to generate electricity
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Why is it important?
Normally left in the plantation as soil stabilizer, oil palm frond may have not been utilized to its full potentials. This work has shown that oil palm frond is suitable for a commercial-scale gasification system.
Perspectives
This is the first article pertaining to oil palm frond gasification in a commercial-scale gasifier. There were several limitations during the experiment, but the results have shown both the feasibilities of oil palm frond as gasification feedstock and the gasifier to produce good quality syngas from the fronds.
Dr Wan Mohd Faizal Wan Mahmood
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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This page is a summary of: Performance of oil palm frond gasification using medium-scale downdraft gasification for electricity generation, IET Renewable Power Generation, April 2015, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET),
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2014.0133.
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