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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 97, 2017
Engineering Technology International Conference 2016 (ETIC 2016)
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Article Number | 01061 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20179701061 | |
Published online | 01 February 2017 |
Chemical Characterization of Pineapple Leaf Residue Chars generated by Controlled Combustion and by open burning
1 Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Campus of UniCITI Alam Sungai Chuchuh, Padang Besar, 02100 Perlis, Malaysia.
2 Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang Selangor, Malaysia.
* Corresponding author: yllee@unimap.edu.my
This study was undertaken to compare the chemical characteristics of pineapple leave residues (PLRs) char generated by controlled combustion and by open burning. The properties of char generated by control combustion (CC) and open burning (OB) varied, due to differences in the production process. The total N, K and surface area of the char generated by CC were significantly higher than the OB. The results indicate that the CC process was better to be applied as a soil amendment than was the OB process.
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