Charcoal From Palm Shell Waste

Indonesia is the largestCPO {CmdePalm Oil) producer. CPO processing prod11cesa largeamount of solidwast« (shell),Jhich mqy be utilized to produce charcoal, hence providingmore value-added The oijective of this sttl cly mas to investigate the appropriate temperatureand time of carbonization 11 011 the quality of palm shell charcoal. Three carbonization tmly eratures (40(/C, 50(/ C, 60(/C,) and three carbo11izatio11 durations(2,3 and 4 hours)wereapplied. The best charcoal mas obtained 11si11g 50(/ - 60(/C with 2-3 bouts of carbonization.The produced charcoal has 7,032,22-7,177.87 cal/g calorific val11e, 66.79-77.73 carbon content,0.29-0.53 water content,7.90-16.44 ash content, 11egatives11/f11rcontenta, nd 11.9 3-19-99%volatile matterco 11/enl.