
Kamarudin Hassan- Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Kamarudin Hassan
- Malaysian Palm Oil Board
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January 2000 - February 2017
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Phytosterols are among the bioactive compounds naturally present in vegetable oils and their by-products or derivatives. A phytosterol resource (PSR), solid by-product from the extraction of vitamin E in palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), contains 2%-4% (w/w) total sterols. Therefore, the extraction of phytosterols from the PSR in a mini-pilot scal...
In an effort to mitigate the palm oil mill effluent (POME) final discharge to the river water, palm kernel shell activated carbon has been identified as a promising adsorption technique for enhanced removal of pollutants (Biological Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solid) and colour from the wastewater treatment plant. The bio...
Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) fibre, which is the byproduct of fruits being stripped from the fresh fruit bunch in palm oil mill, was evaluated in terms of the production of xylooligosaccharides (XOs) and the solid residue was treated for cellulose recovery. Chemoenzymatic hydrolysis that consists of chemical fractionation of OPEFB fibre to is...
Phytosterols is one of bio-active compounds that naturally present in vegetable oils and its by-products or derivatives. The source of phytosterols can be in the form of by-product that generated during the extraction of vitamin E and in this study known as phytosterols resources (PSR). Vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols) extracted from the pa...
Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) fibres have been used in the production of many types of biocomposites, such as fibreboards and fibre-reinforced plastic composite. Hence, the understanding of the EFB characteristic is very important in determining the quality of the products. In this study, the physical, mechanical, anatomical and surface properties of the...
Abundance of oil palm trunks (OPT) can be obtained from the replanting activities that can be converted into value-added products. One of the sectors that can beneficial from this is bio-composite. Low-density sandwich board (SB) consisting of a core-board (CB) overlaid with an oil palm veneer face was produced and studied in this paper. Effect of...
Abundance of oil palm trunks (OPT) can be obtained from the replanting activities that can be converted into value-added products. One of the sectors that can beneficial from this is bio-composite. Low-density sandwich board (SB) consisting of a core-board (CB) overlaid with an oil palm veneer face was produced and studied in this paper. Effect of...
Based on the research and development findings by Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and various agencies, oil palm biomass has a great potential as a raw material for producing products for the wood-based industry. The product quality showed that it is comparable with the products made from tropical wood. However, in the process line and parameters,...
Approximately 80% (dry weight) of the total hemicelluloses (xylan) was extracted from oil palm trunks (OPT). Analysis of OPT gave the following composition (dry basis): 42%-45% cellulose, 26%-29% hemicelluloses and 16%-18% lignin. Optimisation of the aqueous extraction was done using the following parameters: 3.0 M alkali concentration, 40°C temper...
Currently, the annual availability of oil palm trunks (OPT) in Malaysia is estimated at around 13.6 million logs based on 100 000 ha of replanting per year. Under specific controlled processing conditions to manufacture oil palm plywood, the total logs available can be converted into 4.5 million cubic metres of plywood. A number of plywood mills ha...
Hydrolysis of triglyceride to yield free fatty acids and glycerol from cooking palm oil have been studied for various parameters such as enzyme and oil loading, temperature, pH and agitation speed. A maximum conversion was achieved in 90 min at oil concentration of 0.1 g/ml, enzyme loading of 7.46 kLU/ml, temperature of 45°C, pH 7.5 and 200 rpm. A...