• How do palm-oil mills use biogas?
  • Palm-oil mills use biogas to generate electricity through gas turbines, either for internal consumption, or to export to national grids, providing electricity to nearby households. This paradigm shift avoids methane emissions into the atmosphere and generates green energy.
  • Is palm oil mill effluent a sustainable feedstock?
  • Worldwide population explosion has raised many concerns about our food and energy security . Recent technological advances have turned palm oil mill effluent (POME) from harmful waste to useful sustainable feedstock that can be used to produce valuable by-products like biohydrogen and biomethane .
  • How big are oil palm plantations?
  • Oil palm plantations usually occur either as large-scale plantations (3000¨C20000?ha; Sheil et?al., 2009) or as family-based smallholder plantations (defined as <50?ha, most around 2?ha; Vermeulen & Goad, 2006).
  • What is palm oil mill effluent (POME)?
  • These enzymes can otherwise lead to increased levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) , causing quality issues during storage, processing, and refining . The condensed water from this process is a significant source of palm oil mill effluent (POME).
  • Can palm oil mill effluent be converted into syngas?
  • A study into syngas production from catalytic steam reforming of palm oil mill effluent (POME): A new treatment approach. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2019, 44, 20900¨C20913. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  • What is oil palm mill & how does it work?
  • The majority of the oil palm mill employed a wet process for the oil extraction, utilizing fresh fruit bunch (FFB). No chemicals are added during the oil extraction process from the oil palm fruits, thereby making all wastes generated as non-toxic to the environment.