Energy content, biomass fibers

Empty Fruit Bunch. Apart from fiber and shell, EFB is another biomass that can be readily converted into energy. However, this material has only been utilized to a limited extent. This is because there is already enough energy available from fiber and shell. Also due to its physical nature and high moisture content (50-65%), the EFB has to be pretreated to reduce its buUdness and moisture content to below 50% in order to render it more easily combustible (37, 38). 

Solka Floe (Fiber Sale and Development, Urbana, OH), a delignified spmee pulp, was the biomass used as the raw material in this work. The composition of this material was analyzed according to National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) standard procedures 001, 002, and 006. The glucan content was 88%. 

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