The prospect of microbial oils production from oil palm empty fruit bunch

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Farah, Zhang, Zhanying, Doherty, William O. S., O’Hara, Ian M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: TP155 Chemical engineering; TP315 Fuel
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57232/1/57232_The%20Prospect%20of%20Microbial%20Oils.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57232/; http://www.ukm.my/icfcht2017/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) is a lignocellulosic biomass and has the potential to be converted into oil that can be used as the feedstock for biodiesel production. The production of microbial oil from EFB can be performed through biochemical routes of cultivating oleaginous microorganism on EFB...