Date Palm Byproducts: History of Utilization and Technical Heritage

EL-Mously, Hamed; Darwish, Eman A.

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-9339-0_1

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“…Date palms play a crucial role in fostering economic, ecological, and cultural value in microclimates within oasis ecosystems, and facilitate sustainable agriculture in arid zones. Their sweet, nutrient-rich fruits are a vital nutritional element, while other parts of the plant find everyday utility, such as the stipe (trunk) in construction and the leaves in basketry [ 74 , 75 ].…”

Section: Date Palmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unraveling the diversity and cultural heritage of fruit crops through paleogenomics

Meiri,

Bar-Oz

2024

Trends in Genetics

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Section: Date Palmsmentioning

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Unraveling the diversity and cultural heritage of fruit crops through paleogenomics

Meiri,

Bar-Oz

2024

Trends in Genetics

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“…Being able to withstand hot desert storms and millions of loading cycles without breaking due to its unique flexible tissue (Agoudjila et al, 2011;El-Mously, 2018;Midani et al, 2020), the midrib has equivalent physical and mechanical qualities to commercial woods such as beech and spruce (El-Mously, 2018. Several attempts have created blockboard, particleboard, and blocks with DPLM, but their uses were limited to small scale crafts and industries due to expensive machinery and time-intensive processing (El-Mously, 2018;El-Mously, 2020;El-Mously and Darwish, 2020). The EH have unconventionally reintroduced the DPLM craftsmanship in the manufacture of doors, shutters and pergolas to combine durability while reviving the functions and patterns of wooden mashrabiyyas, a latticework found on the windows of historic Cairo that traditionally ensured privacy and improved indoor thermal comfort (Abdel Gelil, 2006).…”

Section: Wood Alternativementioning

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Cost-effectiveness and affordability evaluation of a residential prototype built with compressed earth bricks, hybrid roofs and palm midribs

Mohamed

Mahmoud

2023

Front. Built Environ.

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As a response to rising housing prices and the high cost of materials in the building and construction industry, a rural prototype house (the Ecofordable House) was built with alternative technologies. The house is located in the western desert zone of Giza, Egypt, and features enhanced vernacular technologies with local materials. Interlocking compressed stabilized earth brick walls, partially reinforced, jack arch and funicular shell roofs, and date palm midribs were employed in an attempt to reduce the usage of steel, fired bricks, cement, and imported wood. The present research evaluates the house’s construction cost-effectiveness and affordability through detailed real-world data and comparisons of material quantities, labor, and costs with those of conventional methods. The “price-to-income ratio” is used as an indicator of affordability. According to the findings, walls cut costs by half, roofs by a quarter, and midribs by two-thirds; the alternatives combined saved 45%, and the house saved a quarter of the cost after adding common expenses. Moreover, less than one-third of steel, fired bricks, and cement were utilized. In the Egyptian context of government-built houses, the prototype would be affordable for most Egyptian income brackets while the conventional house was expensive for the lowest three. The findings provide empirical support for the economic advantages of enhanced vernacular technologies as alternatives and address residential affordability in similar contexts.

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“… 13 The UAE annual production of date palm waste exceeds 0.5 million tons, 20 making the thermal decomposition of this biomass a promising venue to switch these remains instead of being discarded in landfills. 21 Both types of plants, date palm and Salicornia, have garnered attention as mono feedstocks for multiple applications, though in limited numbers compared to other types of woody biomass. The summary of the latest studies 22 on date palm waste and Salicornia pyrolysis during the past 6 years is shown in Table 1 .…”

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“…In the MENA realm, the date palm tree is the most prevalent agricultural crop, contributing approximately 2.8 million tons of waste annually . The UAE annual production of date palm waste exceeds 0.5 million tons, making the thermal decomposition of this biomass a promising venue to switch these remains instead of being discarded in landfills . Both types of plants, date palm and Salicornia, have garnered attention as mono feedstocks for multiple applications, though in limited numbers compared to other types of woody biomass.…”

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Co-Pyrolysis of Date Palm Waste and Salicornia Bigelovii: Insights for Bioenergy Development in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

Ahmad,

Makkawi,

Samara

2024

ACS Omega

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Bioenergy is predicted to significantly contribute to the global energy needs of both developed and developing economies. Co-pyrolysis of halophytes offers a solution for a sustainable supply of feedstock in coastal and water-scarce regions. This novel research introduces an experimental investigation of co-pyrolysis of saline-tolerant flora (date palm waste and Salicornia bigelovii) to address sustainable waste management, bioenergy production, and efficient resource utilization in xeric regions. To examine the impact of the thermic condition on the pyrolysis products (bio-oil, biochar, and gas), the experiments have been conducted at three different temperatures (400, 500, and 600 °C). This pioneering study revealed that the co-feed bio-oil is acidic (pH 3.76–4.39) and has a high energy content (HHV 32.29–36.29 MJ/kg) that surpasses most woody biomass. The produced biochar was chemically stable, high in ash (40.09–47.62 wt %), high in fixed carbon (30.12–38.12 wt %), highly alkaline (pH 9.37–10.69), and low in HHV (16.30–17.2 MJ/kg). Increased pyrolysis temperature enhances biochar stability and fixed carbon, thus benefiting long-term carbon sequestration if applied in the soil. However, due to its high alkalinity, the application of this biochar in naturally alkaline sandy soils, such as in coastal deserts, requires careful monitoring. The hydrogen content in the gaseous phase significantly improves with rising temperature, reaching HHV = 24.12 MJ/kg at 600 °C, due to the enhanced ash catalytic effect. Overall, this study constitutes an important contribution to advancing bioenergy, sustainable feedstock, carbon capture, and waste management strategies in drought-prone areas.

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Date Palm Byproducts: History of Utilization and Technical Heritage

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

Unraveling the diversity and cultural heritage of fruit crops through paleogenomics

Unraveling the diversity and cultural heritage of fruit crops through paleogenomics

Cost-effectiveness and affordability evaluation of a residential prototype built with compressed earth bricks, hybrid roofs and palm midribs

Co-Pyrolysis of Date Palm Waste and Salicornia Bigelovii: Insights for Bioenergy Development in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

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