https://poeb.mpob.gov.my Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:14:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/fuel-and-combustion-theory-for-palm-oil-industries/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:50 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/fuel-and-combustion-theory-for-palm-oil-industries/ Fuel is vital in palm oil industries to produce steam for electric power generating and heating purposes. Biomass and biogas have been widely utilized in palm oil mills as fuel for renewable energy whereas downstream industries still heavily depend on the fossil fuel as the boiler fuel. Complete combustion is hardly achievable even with excess of air which also causes drop in gross thermal efficiency. The phenomenon of combustion shows that volatile fuel such as methane captured from anaerobic pond is more flammable than solid fuel such as press fibre and shell.

]]> 1107 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/developing-a-biomass-fuel-supply-chain/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:14:12 +0000 https://poeb.mpob.gov.my/index.php/2020/03/29/developing-a-biomass-fuel-supply-chain/ Energy plays a central role in the economic development of a country. As the global economy expands, there will be a corresponding increase in the amount of energy demanded, particularly fossil fuels. One of the consequences of the greater use of energy (by burning fossil fuels) is the higher level of emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which is the biggest source of global warming. Meanwhile, oil and gas prices will continue to trend upwards because of persisting political uncertainties in the West Asia and the voracious appetites of China and India. Our own oil reserves are expected to run dry in 10 years.

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