Oil Palm Trunk Future Biorefinery Feedstock

Author: Nurul Adela Bukhari, Peer Mohamed Abdul MD Jahim
Publisher: UKM
ISBN: 97862948642951
Weight: 223 gsm
Pages: 189 pp
Year: 2024
Price: RM45

Oil palm trunk (OPT) has been hailed as a viable candidate for cost-effective biorefinery feedstock, given its nutrient- and carbohydrate-rich sap and bagasse for improving the bioconversion technologies. Bio-based succinic acid from OPT remains highly potential as an alternative C4 building block to various other petroleum-derived counterparts. In enhancing market competitiveness for the case of succinic acid production rom OPT, selection o apropriate bioconversion steps such as inhibitor-free pretreatment, self-sustained enzymatic saccharification, and bacterium-specific fermentation is prudent. This book provides useful insights and recommendations for advancing future biomass o chemical commodity development, succinic acid from OPT in particular.

NURUL ADELA BUKHARI, is a Senior Research Officer at Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). She holds a MSc in Molecular Biology and PhD in Biochemical Engineering from UKM. Her research interests focus on the development of biological conversion process for biofuel, biochemical and bioproducts. She authored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers and 5 book chapters. PEER MOHAMED ABDUL, PhD is an Associate Professor at Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Univer siti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is the manager at the UKM-Yayasan Sime Darby (UKM-YSD) Chair for Sustainability and represents Malaysia chapter of APEC Research Centre for Advance Biohydrogen Technology (APEC-ACABT), with publications more than 100 JAMALIAH MD JAHIM, PhD is a Retired Professor from the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering , Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She is an expert in hydrolysis and fermentation process of lignocellulosic biomass for value-added products, and separation process of biological products, with publications rore than 180, and h-index of 43.