Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash

Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA), a discarded agriculture industrial wastes that accumulated at oil palm industrial sites have been utilised for the extraction of silica (Si02). Si02, extracted from POFA, is a hard and useful substance which can be primarily applied for the manufacturing of composite materi...

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Main Authors: Loh, Y.R., Zain, N.H.M., Rahman, Ekhlasur, Willey, L., Sujan, Debnath
Other Authors: F. E. Tang
Format: Conference Paper
Published: School of Engineering & Science, Curtin University Sarawak Campus 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27713
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author Loh, Y.R.
Zain, N.H.M.
Rahman, Ekhlasur
Willey, L.
Sujan, Debnath
author2 F. E. Tang
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Loh, Y.R.
Zain, N.H.M.
Rahman, Ekhlasur
Willey, L.
Sujan, Debnath
author_sort Loh, Y.R.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA), a discarded agriculture industrial wastes that accumulated at oil palm industrial sites have been utilised for the extraction of silica (Si02). Si02, extracted from POFA, is a hard and useful substance which can be primarily applied for the manufacturing of composite materials to achieve high strength properties. It is reported that POF A is quite abundant in Malaysia and it contains relatively high percentage of silica content compared to other comparable industrial wastes. This paper describes the methodology of extraction of silica from POFA. The methodology of extraction of silica from rice husk ash (RHA) was adopted with minor modifications in order to extract silica from POFA in laboratory scale. The extracted silica was examined using XRD and FTIR. Further research and experimentations are proposed to be carried out in order to extract valuable nano-silica from POFA.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-277132023-02-07T08:01:18Z Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash Loh, Y.R. Zain, N.H.M. Rahman, Ekhlasur Willey, L. Sujan, Debnath F. E. Tang ME Rahman M V Prasana L Ngu G. Rajamohan Z Oo Palm Oil Fuel Ash Silica Extraction Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA), a discarded agriculture industrial wastes that accumulated at oil palm industrial sites have been utilised for the extraction of silica (Si02). Si02, extracted from POFA, is a hard and useful substance which can be primarily applied for the manufacturing of composite materials to achieve high strength properties. It is reported that POF A is quite abundant in Malaysia and it contains relatively high percentage of silica content compared to other comparable industrial wastes. This paper describes the methodology of extraction of silica from POFA. The methodology of extraction of silica from rice husk ash (RHA) was adopted with minor modifications in order to extract silica from POFA in laboratory scale. The extracted silica was examined using XRD and FTIR. Further research and experimentations are proposed to be carried out in order to extract valuable nano-silica from POFA. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27713 School of Engineering & Science, Curtin University Sarawak Campus restricted
spellingShingle Palm Oil Fuel Ash
Silica
Extraction
Loh, Y.R.
Zain, N.H.M.
Rahman, Ekhlasur
Willey, L.
Sujan, Debnath
Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash
title Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash
title_full Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash
title_fullStr Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash
title_full_unstemmed Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash
title_short Silica Extraction from Palm Oil Fuel Ash
title_sort silica extraction from palm oil fuel ash
topic Palm Oil Fuel Ash
Silica
Extraction
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27713