Fruit waste as feedstock for recovery by pyrolysis technique

• Main Authors: Lam, S. S., Liew, R. K., Lim, X. Y., Ani, F. N., Jusoh, A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/72147/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959472470&doi=10.1016%2fj.ibiod.2016.02.021&partnerID=40&md5=fb31c777285df233da629d45aac214fe
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Fruit wastes of mango endocarp and waste fruits peel from banana, orange and watermelon were pyrolysed respectively and subjected to different analyses to examine their thermal behaviour, chemical functional group, elemental and proximate content. The fruit wastes were dominated by volatile matter (...