Abstract:
Lignin peroxidase (LiP) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) enzymes were used to pre-treat empty fruit bunch (EPFB) before pyrolysis. Statistical analysis indicated that at 71.6%, LiP demonstrated greater lignin degradation compared to 67.9% MnP. Interestingly, the pretreatment sample has resulted in higher bio-oil yield compared to the untreated sample. Both LiP-treated and MnP-treated EPFB yielded approximately 30 wt% of bio-oil compared to 20 wt% of yield for the untreated sample.
N.A.S. Amin, N. Ya’aini, M. Misson, R. Haron and M. Mohamed, 2010. Enyzmed Pretreated Empty Palm Fruit Bunch for Biofuel Production. Journal of Applied Sciences, 10: 1181-1186.
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