• How to treat palm oil industrial effluent efficiently?
  • Various POME treatment methods are prominently used to efficiently treat palm oil industrial effluent with no or minimum implications on its discharge (Table 3). Ponding system is the most widely used POME treatment method in palm oil mills (85%) of Malaysia followed by open digester tanks .
  • Why is palm oil mill effluent a problem?
  • Worldwide, crude palm oil industries generate an overwhelming amount of palm oil mill effluent (POME). Since the past few decades, environmental issues associated with POME disposal have challenged the palm oil-producing nations which led them to reevaluate and develop their waste management strategies by using advanced biotreatment technologies.
  • Is palm oil mill effluent a sustainable feedstock?
  • Worldwide population explosion has raised many concerns about our food and energy security . Recent technological advances have turned palm oil mill effluent (POME) from harmful waste to useful sustainable feedstock that can be used to produce valuable by-products like biohydrogen and biomethane .
  • How many tonnes of palm oil mill effluent are accumulated in a tonne?
  • For each tonne of CPO, approximately 2.5 tonnes of palm oil mill effluent (POME), 0.9 tonnes of empty fruit bunches (EFB), 0.6 tonnes of mesocarp fibres, and 0.27 tonnes of shells are accumulated 2. Currently, POME is treated with inefficient ponding system, while mesocarp fibres, shells, and EFB are used as fuels or as mulches 3.
  • What is palm oil mill waste treatment?
  • Palm oil mill waste treatment technologies have been fostering biological microorganisms, physicochemical methods, coagulation, membrane, and thermochemical processes.
  • How is high-strength palm oil mill effluent biodegraded?
  • 61. Malakahmad A., Abd Lahin F., Yee W. Biodegradation of high-strength palm oil mill effluent (POME) through anaerobes partitioning in an integrated baffled reactor inoculated with anaerobic pond sludge.