Comments on: Date Palm Wastes as a Biomass Resource

By: Rationale for Biomass Supply Chain | BioEnergy Consult

Rationale for Biomass Supply Chain | BioEnergy Consult — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 03:27:19 +0000

[…] Biomass resources have been in use for a variety of purposes since ages. The multiple uses of biomass includes usage as a livestock or for meeting domestic and industrial thermal requirements or for the generation of power to fulfill any electrical or mechanical needs. One of the major issues, however, associated with the use of any biomass resources is its supply chain management. […]

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By: Utilization of Date Palm Biomass | BioEnergy Consult

Utilization of Date Palm Biomass | BioEnergy Consult — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 10:18:52 +0000

[…] fruit after planting, and 7 to 10 years to produce viable yields for commercial harvest. Usually date palm wastes are burned in farms or disposed in landfills which cause environmental pollution in dates-producing […]

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 07:58:45 +0000

In reply to HASSAN EL BARI.

Dear Prof. Hassan El Bari
Thanks for your kind words.
I agree with your assessment on date palm biomass. Pretreatment of dry agricultural biomass is essential for the anaerobic digestion process.
The alternative is go for the thermal route, like combustion or gasification, to tap energy potential of date palm biomass.

Best wishes
Salman Zafar

By: HASSAN EL BARI

HASSAN EL BARI — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 18:45:29 +0000

Dear Dr. Salman Zafar,
Many thanks for your important article. We work now in ERANETMED project collaboration ( Med Project). In fact, on characterizing our palm date waste, we found high VS and a good methanogne yield value. The problem is the costs of grinding pre-treatment to facilitate the digestion process.
Best Regards
Prof. Dr. Hassan El Bari
Ibn Tofail University – Kenitra – Morocco

By: Agricultural Scenario in MENA | EcoMENA

Agricultural Scenario in MENA | EcoMENA — Sun, 06 May 2018 07:45:15 +0000

[…] the bulk of its food needs. Wheat is the primary cultivated grain, followed by sorghum and barley. Dates, melons, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, and squash are also important […]

By: Charcoal Briquette Production in the Middle East: Perspectives

Charcoal Briquette Production in the Middle East: Perspectives — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 07:06:08 +0000

[…] a population of date palm trees of 84 million or 70% of the world’s population, the potential biomass waste from date palm trees is estimated at 730,000 tons / year (approximately 200,000 tons from Saudi Arabia and 300,000 tons […]

By: Agricultural Biomass in MENA | EcoMENA

Agricultural Biomass in MENA | EcoMENA — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:51:15 +0000

[…] Date palm is one of the principal agricultural products in the arid and semi-arid region of the world, especially Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The Arab world has more than 84 million date palm trees with the majority in Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates. Date palm trees produce huge amount of agricultural wastes in the form of dry leaves, stems, pits, seeds etc. A typical date tree can generate as much as 20 kilograms of dry leaves per annum while date pits account for almost 10 percent of date fruits. Some studies have reported that Saudi Arabia alone generates more than 200,000 tons of date palm biomass each year. […]

By: Salman Zafar

Salman Zafar — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:53:41 +0000

In reply to Zinedine.

Dear Zinedine
Thanks for sharing information about your palm biomass utilization project. Wish you success in this endeavor.
We shall be happy to discuss mutual cooperation in setting up the project anytime.

Best wishes
Salman Zafar

CEO, BioEnergy Consult
http://www.bioenergyconsult.com

By: Zinedine

Zinedine — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:55:59 +0000

I’m leaving in Adrar (a province in Algeria), and we are at early stages of exploring the potential of producing biogas and bioethanol from palm dates biomass.

Thank you for the insights you shared here.