Thermophilic Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) treatment using a mixed culture cultivated from POME

Phaik Eong Poh, Mei Fong Chong

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Abstract

In this study, a mixed culture specifically for thermophilic anaerobic treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) has been cultivated from a mesophilic seed sludge using a batch fermenter. The performance of the cultivated mixed culture on the treatment of POME was also evaluated with the batch fermenter. The cultivation was successful as the cultivated thermophilic mixed culture managed to reduce at least 90 % of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in POME with after 6 days of operation from POME treatment with a Mixed Liquor Suspended Solid (MLSS) concentration of 14000 mg/L producing biogas with 66% of methane.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPRES 2010 - 13th International Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction
PublisherAssociazione Italiana Di Ingegneria Chimica (AIDIC)
Pages811-816
Number of pages6
Volume21
ISBN (Print)9788895608051
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction 2010 - Prague, Czechia
Duration: 28 Aug 20101 Sept 2010
Conference number: 13th

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction 2010
Abbreviated titlePRES 2010
Country/TerritoryCzechia
CityPrague
Period28/08/101/09/10

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