The use of technologies with sustainable adsorbents from agro-industrial residues with hydrophobic characteristics has induced the interest of the scientific community, due to the accidents involving spills and leaks of ...

Abstract: In this paper, activated carbon was synthesized by chemical activation using sodium hydroxide as an activating agent from residues of the stem and sheath palm fibres, and their efficacies in the removal of methylene ...

Presently, there are around 67 000 ha of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) in Costa Rica. The resulting post-harvest residues are not being used currently. These residues can be employed for generation of heat by means of ...

In the Atlantic Zone programme in Guápiles, Costa Rica a research is done on land use and land use planning. One of the crops of this Atlantic Zone is Palm heart (Bactris gasipaes H.B.K.). This palm tree is grown since ...

Protocols that employ environmentally friendly solvents for lipid extraction are promising. The objective of this research was to apply subcritical extraction to three species of palm mesocarp in order to compare their ...

The biodegradation of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose from oil palm empty fruit bunches by white rot fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Pleurotus ostreatus was investigated. The results showed higher mass loss and ...