Biofuel from Date Palms ‘Possible’
(Gulf Daily News) A Scientific research study in Bahrain has concluded that it is possible to extract biofuel oil from the nuclei of date palms. Ten per cent is then turned into diesel after chemical processing and also the possibility to extract glycerin for use as a cosmetic product.
Chemistry associate professor Dr Ahmed Abdurrahman Taha said that he had conducted a series of experiments to recycle farm waste and transform it into useful substances, asserting that he has already succeeded in extracting oil from the nucleus of date palms and then transformed it after chemical processing into biodiesel.
…He added that the solid substances which remain from the transformation process can be useful as animal fodder as it contains a considerable quantity of protein and fibre. READ MORE