The Study Of Palm Oil Fiber For Filtration Application

Yong, Poh Yee (2010) The Study Of Palm Oil Fiber For Filtration Application. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Palm oil tree is a common type of plant in Malaysia but it is an asset that plays important role in economy growth. Malaysia has been the largest producer and exporter of palm oil products in the world and thus making oil palm sector one of the major industries in this country. Meanwhile, Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB) is the natural waste products obtained after the fruit bunches are pressed at oil mills and the oil extracted. Oil Palm Fiber is extracted from palm oil vascular bundles in the empty fruit bunch (EFB). Hence, the oil palm fiber is abundantly available in Malaysia. In filter manufacture industry, the material that is most frequently used to manufacture a filter is synthetic fiber which is created by chemical processes. In recent years, much interest has been triggered to develop composite materials from natural fiber due to the intensified problem in environment pollution issues and the depletion of and uncertainty about petroleum resources. This thesis is purposed to study the palm oil fiber and its characteristic properties in filtration application industry. It is dedicated to observe the fiber structure of different size of and make comparison on their differences in pore size condition through porosity testing and also the burst strength testing which used to know for bursting force that palm fiber able to resist. This study revealed that the palm fiber based paper provides the higher burst strength and greater in pore size based on the evaluation of testing where the testing standard to investigate the filtration performance is refer to the ASHRAE Standard 52.1 and 52.2. This works verified that palm fiber made paper will be durable and long lasting to use due to the high strength of palm fiber material in comparison with current dust paper filter. Besides, some improvements are well recommended to make it more approach to the current pre-filter.

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