May 2014

Characterization of palm kernel shell for materials reinforcement and water treatment

As developing nations strive for economic sustainability, effort is geared towards exploiting biomass materials that could have alternative uses to their conventional low valued uses in order to achieve this goal. It is because of this that palm kernel shell, a byproduct of oil palm processing, is characterized for its application in construction and water treatment industries. The materials physical and chemical...

Author(s): Edmund C. Okoroigwe, Christopher M. Saffron and Pascal D. Kamdem