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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.452

A study of palm oil mill processing and environmental assessment of palm oil mill effluent treatment  

Akhbari, Azam (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya)
Kutty, Prashad Kumaran (Jugra Palm Oil Mill Sdn Bhd)
Chuen, Onn Chiu (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya)
Ibrahim, Shaliza (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya)
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Environmental Engineering Research / v.25, no.2, 2020 , pp. 212-221 More about this Journal
Abstract
This work discusses the palm oil mill processing carried out at Jugra Palm Oil Mill Sdn Bhd, situated at Selangor, Malaysia with the capacity of 45-t fresh fruit bunch (FFB)/h. Typically, oil palm residues and palm oil mill effluent (POME) from FFB are generated while processing. Prior to discharge, POME should be treated to remove pollutants in the effluent. As such, the performances of anaerobic and aerobic ponds were assessed in this study to determine temperature, pH, biological oxygen demand (BOD), sludge volume index (SVI), and dissolved oxygen (DO). From the experiments, mesophilic temperature due to better process stability was applied in anaerobic ponds. The pH results displayed a fluctuating trend between lower control limit and upper control limit, and, the pH value increased from one pond to another. The final discharge BOD and SVI appeared to be lower than 100 mg/L and 10 mL/L indicating low degree of pollution and good settling ability for biomass/solid. DO was close to normal, mostly below 2 mg/L. The experimental outcomes revealed the effective treatability of POME in adherence to the standard regulation, which is the priority for environmental sustainability within this industry domain.
Keywords
Anaerobic digestion; Fresh fruit bunch; Palm oil mill effluent;
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