Evaluations of some physical properties for oil palm as alternative biomass resources

• Main Authors: A. Bakar, Balkis Fatomer, Md. Tahir, Paridah, Karimi, Alinaghi, Bakar, Edi Suhaimi, Uyup, Mohd Khairun Anwar, Choo, Adrian Cheng Yong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29131/1/29131.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29131/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17480272.2012.701666
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The objective of this study was to investigate the moisture content (MC), density, and amount of extractives along the height of a 32-year-old oil palm stem. The extractives were removed following TAPPI standards T-207 and T-280 for water solubility and acetone extractives. The results showed that t...