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Integrated Biorefinery Approach: The Generation of Bioproducts Vanillin and Biomethane Through a Sequential Bioconversion of Lignocellulose From Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB)
Irnia Nurika, Nurul Azizah, Sri Suhartini, Young Hoon Jung, Guy C. Barker
The efficient utilization of all of the key lignocellulosic biomass residues is important for the development of an integrated biorefineries uassing this as its feedstock. In this study, a process involving a simultaneous pre-treatement process with anaerobic digestion (AD) were implemented for processing oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) in order to produced both vanillin and methane. The study confirms that multiple products can effectively be isolated using a fungal preatreatment of lignocellulosic OPEFB followed by anerobic fermentation of biomass residual thus maximizing the potential returns and reducing environmentally impacts compared to other pretreatments.