Product Description

The Palm Oil Plant (Elais Guinensis), considering its three different varieties Durà, Pesipherà and Tenerà, produces an edible fruit similar to an apricot which has inside a nut. During the crude palm oil process the fruit’s flesh is melted through a steaming treatment. The residual nuts are further mechanically crashed to extract the seeds or Kernels. The crashed shells are called Palm Kernel Shells (PKS), a virgin biomass with a high calorific value (NCVAR typical abt 3,**0 Kcal/kg – ASTM D***5 – *2).

Palm Kernel Shells has a very low ash and sulphur contents:

• » Ash content (typical abt 3% weight – ASTM D******2)
• » Sulphur content (typical abt 0,*9% weight – ASTM D***9 – *2)