Biorefinery complex of Environmental Biotechnology (EB) group is the first pilot processing in UPM that incorporate a holistic approach in exploiting solid biomass into value added products through green technology. Biochar, biocompost, biodiesel and biogas pilot plants are developed based on our extensive research for 20 years in environmental biotechnology. Pilot plants are majorly equipped with solid biomass processing machines and instrument for generation of lignocellulosic based products. The pilot plants consist of biocompost machinery including biocompost reactor, mechanical compost turner, grinder, wood chipper as well as other machines such as steam blasting and biodiesel reactor. Serdang Biomass Town launched in January 2012 was a breakthrough project for EB group in collaboration with MPSJ, MARDI, KyuTech (Japan), FELDA, AIST (Japan) and KPKT. Through this project, we promoted zero discharge concept for Serdang community by converting selected biomass into valuable biomaterials.
Biorefinery complex also includes Biomass Technology Centre (BTC) for analytical purposes to attain research and development requirement. This year, EB Group is proudly marks the second anniversary of BTC. BTC located near to University Agricultural Park (TPU) and UPM golf course, was operated last year starting from January 2014. The whole area of BTC covers 1075 m2 features laboratories, postgraduate students room which accommodates 30 students, researcher rooms, meeting room and seminar room. The seminar room can accommodate a maximum of 100 people at a time for meetings and presentations. The laboratory of this centre comprises of a chemical room, a culture room, a bioreactor room, an analysis room and a cold room. These rooms are fully equipped with instruments for environmental biotechnology research such as biomass pretreatment, fermentation process, bioalcohol detection and wastewater characteristics.
Kemaskini Terakhir : Sun, 24 Sep 2023 (biorefineri)
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