Gasifier selection, design and gasification of oil palm fronds with preheated and unheated gasifying air

• Main Authors: Guangul, F. M., Sulaiman, S. A., Ramli, Anita
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8369/1/Fiseha_Journal_Bioresource_Technology_-_high_IF.pdf; http://www.journals.elsevier.com/bioresource-technology/; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8369/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Oil palm frond biomass is abundantly available in Malaysia, but underutilized. In this study, gasifiers were evaluated based on the available literature data and downdraft gasifiers were found to be the best option for the study of oil palm fronds gasification. A downdraft gasifier was constructed w...