• 펄프종이기술
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.46-55
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• 2016

The microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was prepared from oil palm biomass, empty fruit bunch (EFB) for increasing the usability of EFB. The morphological, physical and chemical properties of MCC made from EFB were evaluated by comparing with those of the commercial MCC obtained from AVICEL. The EFB-MCC had the wider distribution in particle size and there were many small particles around $10{\mu}m$. There were no significant differences in the cellulose crytallinity and the chemical composition between EFB-MCC and AVICEL-MCC. The properties of tablet samples made by the common direct compression process were evaluated depending on the types of MCC and the compression pressure during tablet making process. The tablet made of EFB MCC showed the higher compressed structure, which resulted in the less disintegration by the water soaking treatment than those made of Avicel-MCC. The results of this study showed that the EFB-MCC could be utilized as one of the commercial MCC.

• Carbon letters
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• 제28권
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• pp.81-86
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• 2018

Empty fruit bunch (EFB) char was used to remove $NO_x$ and odorous substances. The physicochemical properties of the EFB chars were altered by steam or KOH treatments. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area and porosity were measured to determine the properties of the modified EFB chars. The $deNO_x$ and adsorption test for hydrogen sulphide and acetaldehyde were performed to determine the feasibility of the modified EFB chars. The KOH-treated EFB (KEFB) char revealed higher $deNO_x$ efficiency than with commercial activated carbon. The Cu-impregnated EFB char also had high $deNO_x$ efficiency at temperatures higher than $150^{\circ}C$. The KEFB char showed the highest hydrogen sulphide and acetaldehyde adsorption ability, followed by the steam-treated EFB char and untreated EFB char. Moreover, the product prepared by sulfonation of EFB char showed excellent performance for esterification of palm fatty acid distillate for biodiesel production.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.629-638
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 급속열분해 공정 중 팜 부산물(empty fruit bunch: EFB)에 존재하는 무기성분이 급속열분해 산물의 물리화학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 팜 부산물에 존재하는 무기성분을 제거하기 위해 불산과 증류수를 사용하였으며, 팜 부산물의 회분 함량은 무기성분 제거 전 6.2 wt%에서 2.4 wt% (불산 처리: HF-EFB), 3.5 wt% (증류수 처리: DI-EFB)로 각각 감소하였다. 무기성분 정량 결과 팜 부산물에 다량 존재하고 있던 칼륨이 두 용매 모두에서 가장 높은 제거효율을 나타냈다(불산: 80.3%, 증류수: 78.3%). 무기성분이 제거된 팜 부산물은 유동형 급속열분해 장치를 이용하여(온도조건 $500^{\circ}C$, 체류시간 1.3초) 바이오오일, 바이오탄, 비응축성 가스로 변환시켰다. 바이오오일의 수율은 불산 처리 후 57.3 wt%, 증류수 처리 후 51.3 wt%로 각각 나타났다. 팜 부산물 내 무기성분 함량이 낮을수록 바이오탄의 수율은 감소하였고, 비응축성 가스의 수율은 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다. 바이오오일의 물리화학적 특성 분석결과에 의하면 수분 함량은 무기성분 제거 전 26.9%에서 불산 처리 후 9.9%로 감소한 반면 점도는 16.1 cSt에서 334 cSt로 증가하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.360-369
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 팜 부산물인 Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB)의 연료적 특성을 향상시키기 위해 용탈처리와 습식 반탄화를 연속적으로 수행하였다. 용탈처리는 $25{\sim}90^{\circ}C$에서 5~30분 수행하였으며, $90^{\circ}C$, 10분 조건에서 55.99%의 가장 높은 회분 감소율을 나타냈다. 회분 감소율은 용탈 시간보다 온도에 따라 영향을 받았다. 용탈처리 후 연속적으로 습식 반탄화를 수행하였으며 반응온도 $180{\sim}200^{\circ}C$, 반응시간 5~40분에서 실시하였다. 연속처리에 의해 규소를 제외한 대부분의 무기성분은 제거되었으며 회분 감소율은 41.05~63.58%로 나타났다. 특히, 염소, 칼륨, 마그네슘, 인 성분은 80%이상 제거되었다. 용탈처리 후 $200^{\circ}C$, 40분에서 습식 반탄화를 수행한 결과 발열량은 원시료(4390 kcal/kg)와 비교하여 7.96% 증가한 4736 kcal/kg를 나타냈다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.350-359
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 팜 부산물인 empty fruit bunch (EFB)의 시료 특성을 분석하고 유동형 열분해기를 이용하여 $400{\sim}550^{\circ}C$ 범위에서 체류시간 1.3초간 급속열분해 공정을 진행하였다. 또한, 반응온도에 따른 열분해 주요 산물(바이오오일, 바이오차, 가스)의 수율과 물리화학적 특성 변화를 구명하였다. EFB의 화학조성 및 원소분석을 통해 시료 내 칼륨 함량이 8400 ppm으로 많은 것을 확인하였다. 열중량분석에서 나타난 특성으로 볼 때 EFB 시료 내 칼륨의 촉매작용에 의해 셀룰로오스의 분해가 촉진된 것으로 추측된다. $500^{\circ}C$까지의 온도범위에서는 바이오오일의 수율이 증가하고 가스의 수율이 감소하였으며 바이오차는 수율에 큰 변화가 없었던 반면, $500{\sim}550^{\circ}C$까지의 온도범위에서는 바이오오일과 바이오차의 수율이 감소하였고 가스의 수율이 증가하였다. 각 조건별로 생성된 바이오오일은 수분함량 20~30%, 발열량 15~17 MJ/kg 범위의 값을 나타냈으며, 점도 11 cSt (centistoke), 전산가(total acid number) 100 mg KOH/g oil 미만으로 나타났다. 기체크로마토그래프 분석을 통해 EFB 바이오오일로부터 셀룰로오스계 화합물(9종)과 리그닌계 화합물(17종)을 확인하였다. 리그닌계 화합물 중 특히 phenol이 다량 검출되었으며 이는 전체 화합물 농도의 25%에 해당하는 양이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.514-517
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• 1999

Hydrolysis of EFB (empty fruit bunch) derived from oil palm was studied using crude enzyme from Aspergillus terreus IMI 282743 along with commercial enzymes from Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus niger. Hydrolysis at $40^{\circ}C$ and $50^{\circ}C$ with $\alpha$-cellulose or EFB gave significantly lower yield when commercial enzymes of T. reesei and A. niger were used and the hydrolysis time extended beyond 10 h. After 24 h of hydrolysis at $40^{\circ}C$ and $50^{\circ}C$, the filter paper activity (Fpase) from A. terreus retained as much activity as A. niger and it was significantly higher than T. reesei. Glucose concentration of 0.25% and 0.5% caused significant inhibition in the crude enzyme, but in regards to the commercial enzymes it only showed a slight effect. Crude enzymes from A. terreus could produce the highest reducing sugars when compared to commercial enzymes from T. reesei or A. niger. Nevertheless, low yield of sugar was observed for EFB for all treatments.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.439-449
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• 2014

2012년 신재생에너지공급의무화제도 시행으로 국내 목재펠릿 수요가 급증하고 있으나, 현재 우리나라의 목재펠릿 자급률은 10% 수준에 머물러, 급증하는 수요를 충족하기 어려울 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 안정적인 공급과 가격이 보장될 수 있는 새로운 바이오매스의 발굴을 통하여 목재펠릿에 대한 폭발적인 수요를 대체하는 일은 우리뿐만 아니라 세계적으로 시급한 과제라 할 수 있다. 본 연구의 분석결과 고체 팜 바이오매스 중 대표적인 EFB (empty fruit bunch)와 MF (mesocarp fiber)의 2012년도 연간 발생량(함수율 10% 기준)이 말레이시아와 인도네시아에서 각각 약 2,800만톤과 2,000만 톤으로, 두 지역에서만 연간 총 4,800만 톤이 발생되는 것으로 추정된다. 연료적 특성에 있어서도 EFB의 발열량이 목재의 90% 수준을 상회하므로 목재펠릿을 대체할 수 있는 우수한 바이오매스 에너지자원이라 할 수 있다. 다만, 높은 회분함량으로 인하여 주택이나 온실의 난방용으로는 부적합하지만 발전용이나 산업용으로는 충분히 사용가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Advances in materials Research
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.329-341
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• 2017

The challenge of replacing conventional plastics with biodegradable composite materials has attracted much attention in product design, particularly in the tensile-related areas of application. In this study, fibres extracted from oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) were treated and utilized in reinforcing polyester matrix by hand lay-up technique. The effect of fibre loading and combined influence of alkali and silane treatments on porosity and water absorption parameters, and its correlation with the tensile behaviour of composites was analyzed. The results showed that tensile strength decreased whilst modulus of elasticity, water absorption and porosity parameters increased with increasing fibre loading. The composites of treated oil palm EFB fibre exhibited improved values of 2.47 MPa to 3.78 MPa for tensile strength; 1.75 MPa to 2.04 MPa for modulus of elasticity; 3.43% to 1.68% for porosity and 3.51% to 3.12% for water absorption at respective 10 wt.% fibre loadings. A correlation between porosity and water absorption with tensile behavior of composites of oil palm EFB fibre and positive effect of fibre treatment was established, which clearly demonstrate a connection between processing and physical properties with tensile behavior of fibre composites. Accordingly, a further exploitation of economic significance of oil palm EFB fibres composites in areas of low-to-medium tensile strength application is inferred.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2012

The empty fruit bunch fibers(EFB) of oil palm were examined for optimal utilization of the EFB fibers. The EFB fibers were obtained by shredding EFB, followe by removal of fines. The surface properties of the fibers were modified with various pre-treatments, such as hot water extraction, the soaking treatments with NaOH, $ClO_2$ and n-hexane. The changes in the fiber surface were examined with FT-IR method, which showed the changes in chemical compositions such as pectin, lignin, and etc. according to the pre-treatment methods. And the z-directional tensile testing of the fiber mold made of the treated EFB fibers showed the changes in the bonding strength by the pre-treatments. The fiber mold made of EFB fibers treated with $ClO_2$ showed the greater increase in the tensile energy absorption although the NaOH treatment resulted in the severer impact on the EFB fibers.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2016

The demand of environmental friendly packaging materials such as pulp mold has been increased. The application of the oil palm biomass, EFB (Empty Fruit Bunch) fiber as natural raw materials to the pulp mold could increase the usability of the pulp mold by the reduced production cost brought from the relatively low cost of EFB. The effects of the EFB(Empty Fruit Bunch) fibers on the properties of pulp mold and on the process efficiency were evaluated in this study. The pulp mold samples were prepared with mixture ONP (Old news paper) and EFB by using laboratory wet pulp molder. The changes in the drying efficiency were measured with the changes in the solid contents of pulp mold samples during drying process. The efficiency of the surface coating treatment on the pulp mold depending on the condition of the pulp mold samples were also evaluated in order to improve the water resistance properties of pulp mold. The addition of EFB increased the drying efficiency by providing the bulkier structure and the higher water contact angle, which indicated the better water resistance properties. The water resistance were improved by the surface coating treatments and the application of surface coating on the pulp mold at the higher moisture contents resulted in the higher improvement in the water resistance. The bulkier structure originated from the application of EFB fiber reduced the effects of the surface coating, which could be overcome by the control of surface coating process.