Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
Lignocellulosic materials from the oil palm industry such as frond, oil palm trunk, empty fruit bunch and fibre have many applications. Besides being used in the wood and furniture industries, the materials can be exploited in road construction particularly in producing stone mastic asphalt (SMA).
Oil palm produces a large amount of lignocellulose biomass. The exploitation of this biomass is still traditional and low, i.e., for fibre production, organic fertilizer (for soil amelioration, structure and fertility improvement) and erosion prevention. Although these are environmentally friendly practices, there is little value addition, thereby prompting a need to increase the quantum of […]
A total of 12 felled oil palm trunks (OPT) of tenera variety were obtained from the Sungei Kahang Estate owned by Sayong Plantation Sendirian Berhad, located between latitudes N2° 12’ 24” to N2° 12’ 55” and longitudes E103° 30’ 59”to E103° 31’ 05”. The physical and mechanical properties of OPT and their respective single holocellulose […]