Experimental Characterization and Modeling Microwave Heating of Oil Palm Fruits and Bunches
Access Status
Open access
Authors
Date
2017Supervisor
Dr Ming Law
Type
Thesis
Award
MPhil
Metadata
Show full item recordFaculty
Curtin Sarawak Faculty of Engineering and Science
School
Mechanical Engineering
Collection
Abstract
The implementation of microwave in oil palm processing operations provides extensive heat generation to accelerate the removal of moisture compared to the conventional method. The characterizations and the effects of microwave heating on oil palm fruits and bunches are investigated. In addition, a multi-physics model is developed to further investigate the microwave energy interaction with the oil palm fruits and bunches.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Law, Ming; Liew, E.; Chang, S.; Chan, Yen; Leo, C. (2016)Recently, microwave (MW) pre-treatment of fresh palm fruits has showed to be environmentally friendly compared to the existing oil palm milling process as it eliminates the condensate production of palm oil mill effluent ...
-
Chang, J.; Law, Ming; Chan, Yen; Leo, C. (2015)Sterilization is an essential pre-treatment step in crude oil extraction process as to retain the quality and minimize the enzymatic activity within the fruits. This pre-treatment process on fresh fruit bunches often ...
-
Chang, J.; Chan, Y.; Law, Ming; Leo, C. (2017)© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The implementation of microwave technology in palm oil processing offers numerous advantages; besides elimination of polluted palm oil mill effluent, it also reduces energy ...