Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Chia Kim Chuan
مؤلفون آخرون: Ani Idris, supervisor
التنسيق: Bachelor thesis
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2025
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/44215
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spelling utm-123456789-442152025-08-21T07:55:19Z Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid Chia Kim Chuan Ani Idris, supervisor Chemical Engineering Also available in printed version The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of ionic solution pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) for production of reducing sugars and succinic acid via simultaneous saccharification fermentation. Palm oil plantation had been expanded and increased from 5.74 million hectares in 2016 to 5.81 million hectares in 2017. However, the increasing of oil palm plantation contributes to large quantities of biomass waste such as fronds, trunks, empty fruit bunch, palm kernel and mesocarp fibre dumped at the site. Empty fruit bunch has the highest cellulose content which is the main substrate for production of reducing sugars. The complex crystallinity structure of empty fruit bunch acts as the barrier which makes the enzymatic hydrolysis rate lower, leading to low reducing sugar and succinic acid production. Ferric (III) chloride solution was used for pretreatment of EFB before simultaneous saccharification fermentation. The fermentation process condition for succinic acid production by Actinobacillus succinogenes was optimized by varying the temperature, pH and solid loading while the SSF media composition was optimized by varying nitrogen source and magnesium carbonate loading. The sugar production and succinic acid fermentation performance were analyzed using DNS assay and high performance liquid chromatography. According to the research, it was found that the solid loading was significant in succinic acid production while concentration of MgCO3 and time were not significant. Maximum peak was not reached due to time constraint that further elongate contour plot required for optimal point to be reached zainurin UTM 68 p. Thesis (Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan Kimia) - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2021 2025-03-11T06:12:29Z 2025-03-11T06:12:29Z 2021 Bachelor thesis https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/44215 vital:144191 valet-20211122-074959 ENG Closed Access UTM Complete Unpublished Completion application/pdf Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
spellingShingle Chemical Engineering
Chia Kim Chuan
Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid
thesis_level Other
title Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid
title_full Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid
title_fullStr Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid
title_full_unstemmed Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid
title_short Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch (efb) for succinic acid
title_sort pretreatment of empty fruit bunch efb for succinic acid
topic Chemical Engineering
url https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/44215
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