Integrated palm oil processing

Published Date

1983-12-01

Authors:

Compere, A.L. ; Googin, J. M. ; Griffith, W.L.

Tree palms are a promising source of fuel extenders and substitutes. They are perennials which bear oil for a period of two to three decades after a roughly four year preliminary growth period. Because palms are an important crop in many areas of Asia, Africa, and South America, considerable attention has been given to palm genetic improvement, with the result that tree palms are one of the most efficient energy crops, providing much better solar energy capture than, for example, sugar cane and cassava. Tree palms are particularly attractive in areas where more conventional farming would pose a significant threat of laterization or cause major ecological problems. Technology for palm oil production, including harvest, tree management, and oil pressing are generally suited to village or plantation use, and, for the most part, have been directed toward supplying process energy through the combustion of process waste products, such as palm fruit residue and palm bunch fibers.

Subject

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; OIL PALMS; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; BIOMASS PLANTATIONS; BOTANY; HARVESTING; PRESSING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGY; FABRICATION; MATERIALS WORKING; PLANTS; TREES 299003* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation-- Other-- (-1989); 090400 -- Solid Waste & Wood Fuels-- (-1989)

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