Oil palm (Elaeis guianensis) is the major industrial crops in
Malaysia, producing 40–60% of total oil palm in the world for the
past 25 years [15]. As a result of large scale of oil palm plantations
in Malaysia, staggering amounts of oil palm biomass wastes
(86.9 Mt/year as in 2010), are produced [27]. These wastes can
be utilized in the generation of bio-oil. In this work, the effect of
temperature, pressure and reaction time on the bio-oil yield from
hydrothermal liquefaction of empty fruit bunch (EFB), palm mesocarp
fiber (PMF) and palm kernel shell (PKS) is investigated.