Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals

The formation of crystals in palm oil mill effluent (POME) occurs as early as in the secondary stage of POME treatment pond system. It continues to form in the subsequent tertiary treatment process leading to inefficient treatment process. Reduced piping diameter, clogging of crystal debris and le...

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Main Authors:	Ngatiman, Muzzammil, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Abu Bakar, Mohd Rushdi, Subramaniam, Vijaya, Loh, Soh Kheang
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	TP155 Chemical engineering
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/55073/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/55073/37/55073.pdf

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spelling	iium-550732019-10-09T08:22:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55073/ Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals Ngatiman, Muzzammil Jami, Mohammed Saedi Abu Bakar, Mohd Rushdi Subramaniam, Vijaya Loh, Soh Kheang TP155 Chemical engineering The formation of crystals in palm oil mill effluent (POME) occurs as early as in the secondary stage of POME treatment pond system. It continues to form in the subsequent tertiary treatment process leading to inefficient treatment process. Reduced piping diameter, clogging of crystal debris and leakages are among the main problems caused by crystal formation. The occurrence of POME crystal in the palm oil milling process is rarely reported in scientific article even though it is a common problem faced by the palm oil industry when it comes to POME management. The crystal samples were characterized by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The results showed that the crystals formed were mainly struvite-a phosphate mineral with formula NH₄MgPO₄·6H₂O oforthorhombic crystallization system. The crystals consisted of mainly inorganic matters i.e. ash content as high as 49.2 wt%, carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) contents less than 5 wt%. Its significant composition of phosphorous up to 22 wt% proved its potential as an alternative source to the ever-increasing demand of phosphate forfertilization with lesser environmental impact. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55073/37/55073.pdf Ngatiman, Muzzammil and Jami, Mohammed Saedi and Abu Bakar, Mohd Rushdi and Subramaniam, Vijaya and Loh, Soh Kheang (2016) Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals. In: 2016 National Seminar on Palm Oil Milling, Refining, Environment and Quality (POMREQ), 29-30 November 2016, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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description	The formation of crystals in palm oil mill effluent (POME) occurs as early as in the secondary stage of POME treatment pond system. It continues to form in the subsequent tertiary treatment process leading to inefficient treatment process. Reduced piping diameter, clogging of crystal debris and leakages are among the main problems caused by crystal formation. The occurrence of POME crystal in the palm oil milling process is rarely reported in scientific article even though it is a common problem faced by the palm oil industry when it comes to POME management. The crystal samples were characterized by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The results showed that the crystals formed were mainly struvite-a phosphate mineral with formula NH₄MgPO₄·6H₂O oforthorhombic crystallization system. The crystals consisted of mainly inorganic matters i.e. ash content as high as 49.2 wt%, carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) contents less than 5 wt%. Its significant composition of phosphorous up to 22 wt% proved its potential as an alternative source to the ever-increasing demand of phosphate forfertilization with lesser environmental impact.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ngatiman, Muzzammil Jami, Mohammed Saedi Abu Bakar, Mohd Rushdi Subramaniam, Vijaya Loh, Soh Kheang
author_facet	Ngatiman, Muzzammil Jami, Mohammed Saedi Abu Bakar, Mohd Rushdi Subramaniam, Vijaya Loh, Soh Kheang
author_sort	Ngatiman, Muzzammil
title	Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals
title_short	Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals
title_full	Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals
title_fullStr	Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals
title_full_unstemmed	Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals
title_sort	characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/55073/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/55073/37/55073.pdf
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Characteristic study of palm oil mill effluent crystals

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