Palm Oil A Potential Renewable Feedstock for PHA Production

3 Plant Oils and Agricultural By-Products as Carbon Feedstock for PH A Production 

The global demand for bioplastics was estimated at 0.36 million tonnes, which is equivalent to 0.2 % of the annual petrochemical plastic production (Thompson et al. 2009). PHA accounted for about 10 % of the bioplastic market which is currently dominated by poly(lactic acid) and other starch-based biopolymers (Barker et al. 2009). Based on the statistics, in order to fulfill the PHA market demand 

Oil palm fruit is unique compared to other oil-producing crops as two different types of oils could be extracted from the mesocarp and kernel of the oil fruit, respectively (Fig. 3.1). CPO is the primary product obtained from the flesh or the mesocarp 

Fatty acid CPO PAO CPKO PKAO PFAD PS PO WFPO 

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