Liu, Chen-Guang; Zhao, Xin-Qing; Bai, Feng-Wu - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 337-348
The purpose of this study was to valorize oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) and palm fiber (PF) from palm oil mills to produce fuel ethanol. Chemical-free fractionation of EFB and PF using hot-compressed water (HCW) pretreatment at temperatures ranging from 150 to 200ºC at 30 bars and reaction...