Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure

Biostructure treatment is one of the latest biotechnology applications in environmental engineering. In this study, the biostructure treatment was used to treat the palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE). Biostructure is comprised of cement, aggregates, sand, zeolite, lightweight aggregates, granu...

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Main Author:	Abd. Wahid, Nurul Bahiyah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering
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spelling	my-utm-ep.61272018-08-26T04:43:21Z Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure 2007-06 Abd. Wahid, Nurul Bahiyah TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Biostructure treatment is one of the latest biotechnology applications in environmental engineering. In this study, the biostructure treatment was used to treat the palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE). Biostructure is comprised of cement, aggregates, sand, zeolite, lightweight aggregates, granular activated carbon (GAC), water and microorganisms. In this study, biofilm was developed to increase the biostructureâ€™s performance. Seven types of microbes were used consist of microbe A, B, C, S1, S2, ADL1 and ADL2, which were isolated from textile wastewater, Sg Segget and fermented food. The microorganisms grew on the surface of the biostructure in the form of biofilm and degrade the waste, hence treating the POMSE. The three reactors that were used to treat POMSE in this study comprised of reactor A (10 biostructures), reactor B (5 biostructures) and reactor C (without biostructure) that acted as a control. Results obtained showed that 10 biostructures in the 5-liter batch reactor gave the average removal of colour of 51%, COD of 42%, TOC of 42% and SS of 80% in 4 days HRT, whereas 5 biostructures able to remove 48% colour, 37% COD, 35% TOC and 70% SS. The results showed that the efficiencies of the biostructure treatment depend on the surface area of biostructures and the retention time. More biostructures resulted in higher degradation of POMSE. From the survivability test, only three out of seven microbes developed at the early stage of biofilm development survived at the end of the experiments, namely microbe A, B and ADL1. It can be concluded that biostructure treatment is a viable polishing treatment of POMSE before being discharged into the river. 2007-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6127/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6127/1/NurulBahiyahAbdWahidMFKA2007.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:62087 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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spellingShingle	TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering TD Environmental technology Sanitary engineering Abd. Wahid, Nurul Bahiyah Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure
description	Biostructure treatment is one of the latest biotechnology applications in environmental engineering. In this study, the biostructure treatment was used to treat the palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE). Biostructure is comprised of cement, aggregates, sand, zeolite, lightweight aggregates, granular activated carbon (GAC), water and microorganisms. In this study, biofilm was developed to increase the biostructureâ€™s performance. Seven types of microbes were used consist of microbe A, B, C, S1, S2, ADL1 and ADL2, which were isolated from textile wastewater, Sg Segget and fermented food. The microorganisms grew on the surface of the biostructure in the form of biofilm and degrade the waste, hence treating the POMSE. The three reactors that were used to treat POMSE in this study comprised of reactor A (10 biostructures), reactor B (5 biostructures) and reactor C (without biostructure) that acted as a control. Results obtained showed that 10 biostructures in the 5-liter batch reactor gave the average removal of colour of 51%, COD of 42%, TOC of 42% and SS of 80% in 4 days HRT, whereas 5 biostructures able to remove 48% colour, 37% COD, 35% TOC and 70% SS. The results showed that the efficiencies of the biostructure treatment depend on the surface area of biostructures and the retention time. More biostructures resulted in higher degradation of POMSE. From the survivability test, only three out of seven microbes developed at the early stage of biofilm development survived at the end of the experiments, namely microbe A, B and ADL1. It can be concluded that biostructure treatment is a viable polishing treatment of POMSE before being discharged into the river.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abd. Wahid, Nurul Bahiyah
author_facet	Abd. Wahid, Nurul Bahiyah
author_sort	Abd. Wahid, Nurul Bahiyah
title	Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure
title_short	Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure
title_full	Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure
title_fullStr	Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure
title_full_unstemmed	Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure
title_sort	degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (pomse) using biostructure
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2007
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6127/1/NurulBahiyahAbdWahidMFKA2007.pdf
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Degradation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) using biostructure

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