Mohd Zain, Mohamad Nuriman (2020) Investigation of integrated microbubble system for treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) wastewater. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
The Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a large concentration of nutrients and organic materials that, if not adequately handled, will cause environmental pollution. POME is also a heavily contaminating wastewater mainly attributed to its strong demand for chemical oxygen (COD) and need for biochemical oxygen (BOD) as well as total solids. Conventional methods of treatment require longer period (10-15 days) and higher operating costs. The microbubbles system used as the primary treatment in this project to remove the unwanted residue (sludge) from POME to obtain treated wastewater and to extract oil from the POME sludge trap. This technique is thought to be useful in improving POME's residual oil recovery and allowing an improvement in the mill's oil extraction rate. After the pre-treatment process, the content of total solid (TF), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) show a reduction in value of 80.95%, 69%, and 26.76% respectively. The oil contain in the scum has been extracted show that 44.84o/o of oil was separated from the POME wastewater. The significant amount of reduction made show the success of the microbubble system as the pre-treatment for POME wastewater. The result may be increase by upgrading or improving the equipment the integrated microbubble system.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Ms. AZLINA ZAINAL ABIDIN |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2025 05:00 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2025 07:37 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2580 |
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