Eugene, Anak Jackson Joy (2017) Characterization of COD removal from palm oil mill effluent (POME) with the aid of anaerobic bioreactor. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Abstract
This aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and solid retention time (SRT) on chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal from POME. POME can cause serious environmental damage if it is discharged untreated. This study will explore the potential of POME in anaerobic digestion in which bacteria convert organic compounds into biogas without oxygen at the same time remove contaminating compounds from the effluent. The current study is conducted using anaerobic bioreactor. HRT is operated at 6, 8 10, 12 and 15 days. Meanwhile, SRT is operated at 10, 15 and 20 days. The anaerobic bioreactor is operated for 30 days. Water sample are collected from the anaerobic reactor to test for its COD. The optimum HRT was at 12 days giving the COD removal rate and concentration of 40.4% and 30,400 mg/L respectively. The optimum SRT on COD removal from POME was at 20 days. The COD of effluent was 33,630 mg/L giving a removal rate of 34.1%. Anaerobic bioreactor has the potential to become an effective process to treat POME in which it can achieve satisfactory on COD removal. Treating POME anaerobically has proven to be successful because it is cost effective, capable to reduce damage to the environment, minimizes the amount of sludge produced and has the ability to recover renewable energy in the form of methane gas.
| Item Type: | Final Year Project Report |
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| Additional Information: | Project Report (B.Sc) --University Malaysia Sarawak, 2017. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | palm oil mill effluent (POME), anaerobic bioreactor, solid retention time (SRT), chemical oxygen demand (COD), hydraulic retention time (HRT), unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, undergraduate, , research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Engineering Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Gani |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2019 03:29 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2023 08:47 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/25638 |
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