[HTML][HTML] Oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber: surface morphology, treatment, and suitability as reinforcement in cement composites-A state of the art review

PR Rao, G Ramakrishna - Cleaner Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction industry has grown enormously over the last few decades. Concrete has
been the key component in most construction works. Concrete is very good in compression …

Oil palm empty fruit bunch-based nanocellulose as a super-adsorbent for water remediation

AA Septevani, A Rifathin, AA Sari, Y Sampora… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB)-based nanocellulose (NC) was successfully produced as a
super-adsorbent for water remediation via sulfuric (NCS) and phosphoric (NCP) acid …

Enhancing in vitro ruminal digestibility of oil palm empty fruit bunch by biological pre-treatment with Ganoderma lucidum fungal culture

FMY Nur-Nazratul, MRM Rakib, MZ Zailan, H Yaakub - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The changes in lignocellulosic biomass composition and in vitro rumen digestibility of oil
palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) after pre-treatment with the fungus Ganoderma lucidum …

Mechanical properties of toughened windmill palm fibre with different chemical compositions

C Chen, J Tan, X Wang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Windmill palm fibres are well-known plant fibres exhibiting the largest elongation at break. In
this study, lignin or hemicellulose was removed from windmill palm fibres in a targeted …

Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (OPEFB)–Alternative Fibre

AS Noah - Elaeis guineensis, 2022 - books.google.com
Elaeis guineensis (oil palm) is one of the most economical perennial oil crops for its
valuable oil-producing fruits in tropical regions such as West Africa and South-East Asia …

Reinforcing mechanisms of coir fibers in light-weight aggregate concrete

X Zhang, L Pel, F Gauvin, D Smeulders - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to the requirement for develo** more sustainable constructions, natural fibers from
agricultural wastes, such as coir fibers, have been increasingly used as an alternative in …

Phytolith-occluded carbon sequestration potential of oil palm plantation in Tamil Nadu

V Davamani, R Sangeetha Piriya, SS Rakesh… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) has proven to be a phytolith-occluded carbon (PhytOC)-rich
species that plays a vital role in acting as a carbon sink for reducing atmospheric carbon …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of treatment on the oil content and surface morphology of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) empty fruit bunches (EFB) fibres

Z Ibrahim, AA Aziz, R Ramli, K Jusoff, M Ahmad… - Wood …, 2015 - woodresearch.sk
The effect of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and acetic acid treatment at different concentration
levels on the morphological structure of oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) fibres were …

[PDF][PDF] Properties of chemically treated oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibres

Z Ibrahim, M Ahmad, AA Aziz, R Ramli… - Journal of Advanced …, 2019 - akademiabaru.com
Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) fibres have been used in the production of many types of
biocomposites, such as fibreboards and fibre-reinforced plastic composite. Hence, the …

Microwave pretreatment of sugarcane trash and oil palm empty fruit bunch with an aluminum sulfate catalyst for improvement of sugar recovery

E Hermiati, DA Pramasari, RA Ermawar… - Waste and Biomass …, 2024 - Springer
This study evaluates the microwave pretreatment of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
trash and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) to yield-reducing …