Abstract The increasing energy demand and rising concern about climate change have become two significant factors in finding alternative sources other than fossil fuels. Biomass has been implemented by several tropical countries such as Indonesia Malaysia to answer this challenge utilizing palm oil by-products boiler fuels generate steam for mill (POM) processing well electricity generation. Fi...

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION: COMPOSITE OF GRAPHENE OXIDE BASED PALM KERNEL SHELL WASTE WITH Fe3O4. In this study, GO-Fe3O4 were fabricated by co-precipitation technique and the graphene oxide (GO) synthesized from an agricultural biomass, palm kernel shell, via Hummer’s method. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy Energy Dispersive Spectrum (FESEM-EDS), Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FT...

Coconut, Cocos nucifera L., is a tree that is cultivated for its multiple utilities, mainly for its nutritional and medicinal values. The various products of coconut include coconut water, copra, coconut oil, raw kernel, coconut cake, coconut shell and wood based products, coconut leaves, etc. Its all parts are used in some way or another in daily life. Recently, several researches are going on...

The oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is the source of palm oil – the ‘tropical golden oil’. Malaysia is the world’s largest exporter of this golden oil. Palm oil is a versatile oil with a wide range of uses in food and nonfood areas. Triglycerides constitute the major component of crude palm oil, with smaller proportions of diglycerides and monoglycerides. The oil also contains other minor constitu...

Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase substantially in the future. Almost all oil palm grows in areas that were once tropical moist forests, some of them quite recently. The conversion to date, and future expansion, threatens biodiversity and increases greenhouse gas emissions. Today, consumer pressure is pushing companies toward deforestat...

This paper presents work on developing a software system for predicting crop yield from climate and plantation data. At the core of this system is a method for unsupervised partitioning of data for finding spatio-temporal patterns in climate data using kernel methods which offer strength to deal with complex data. For this purpose, a robust weighted kernel k-means algorithm incorporating spatia...

Abstract The cost and difficulty in the preparation of synthetic heterogeneous base catalysts is main barrier to their use. Today, majority these are derived from biomass resources. This study aimed at developing characterizing three biogenic residues for biodiesel production without catalyst support. EDS indicated variation Na, K, Mg, Ca, having aggregates 67.45, 83.15, 76.85 % calcined‐ periw...