A METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE FROM BIOMASS

摘要

A METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROCRYSTALLINE COMPRISES THE STEP OF SUBJECTING PRETREATED FIBERS OF EMPTY FRUIT BRUNCHES OF OIL PALM TO CHLORINATION PROCESS TO ACQUIRE HOLOCELLULOSE; SUBJECTING THE HOLOCELLULOSE TO ALKALINE EXTRACTION TO PRODUCE ALPHA-CELLULOSE; REACTING THE ALPHA-CELLULOSE WITH AN ACID TO FORM A HYDROLYSATE MIXTURE; NEUTRALIZING THE HYDROLYSATE MIXTURE; AND ACQUIRING THE MICROCRYSTALLINE FROM THE HYDROLYSATE MIXTURE, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE PRETREATED FIBERS HAVE REDUCED OIL RESIDUE CONTENT.