Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor

Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor

A pilot scale anaerobic fluidised bed reactor (AnFBR) of 2000 L capacity was studied to determine its ability to treat palm oil mill effluent (POME). The pilot plant was operated at ambient temperature with diluted POME as substrate. It took 17 days for the start-up of the reactor with pre-seeded...

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Main Authors: Mamun, Abdullah Al, Idris, A.
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Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2008
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TA170 Environmental engineering
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spelling iium-570132017-07-19T02:34:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57013/ Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor Mamun, Abdullah Al Idris, A. TA170 Environmental engineering A pilot scale anaerobic fluidised bed reactor (AnFBR) of 2000 L capacity was studied to determine its ability to treat palm oil mill effluent (POME). The pilot plant was operated at ambient temperature with diluted POME as substrate. It took 17 days for the start-up of the reactor with pre-seeded sand media. The mean influent concentration of BOD, COD and TSS were 1110, 2194 and 1004, respectively. The AnFBR was capable to remove a large portion of organics at relatively shorter retention time. Maximum and minimum COD removal efficiency of 85% and 65% were attained at a loading rate of 4.0 and 13.8 kgCOD/m3.d. BOD and TSS removal rates varied within the range of 64% - 91% and 68% - 89%, respectively. The average residual COD, BOD and TSS concentration was 330, 95 and 110 mg/L, respectively. The AnFBR exhibited less sludge production with lower values of sludge volume indices (SVI). Maximum and minimum effluent indices for the effluent were 35 mL/g and 11 mL/g, respectively. Low SVI values indicated that, anaerobic fluidised bed reactors generate less sludge with fast settling properties. Promising performance at ambient temperature and for detention time shorter than the present practices supported the possibility of AnFBR to pretreat POME to meet the new requirement set by the DOE Malaysia. International Islamic University Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57013/1/45%20Paper%20POME%20IIUM%20EJ.pdf Mamun, Abdullah Al and Idris, A. (2008) Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor. IIUM Engineering Journal, 9 (1). pp. 9-17. ISSN 1511-788X E-ISSN 2289-7860 http://journals.iium.edu.my/ejournal/index.php/iiumej/issue/view/18
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Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor
description A pilot scale anaerobic fluidised bed reactor (AnFBR) of 2000 L capacity was studied to determine its ability to treat palm oil mill effluent (POME). The pilot plant was operated at ambient temperature with diluted POME as substrate. It took 17 days for the start-up of the reactor with pre-seeded sand media. The mean influent concentration of BOD, COD and TSS were 1110, 2194 and 1004, respectively. The AnFBR was capable to remove a large portion of organics at relatively shorter retention time. Maximum and minimum COD removal efficiency of 85% and 65% were attained at a loading rate of 4.0 and 13.8 kgCOD/m3.d. BOD and TSS removal rates varied within the range of 64% - 91% and 68% - 89%, respectively. The average residual COD, BOD and TSS concentration was 330, 95 and 110 mg/L, respectively. The AnFBR exhibited less sludge production with lower values of sludge volume indices (SVI). Maximum and minimum effluent indices for the effluent were 35 mL/g and 11 mL/g, respectively. Low SVI values indicated that, anaerobic fluidised bed reactors generate less sludge with fast settling properties. Promising performance at ambient temperature and for detention time shorter than the present practices supported the possibility of AnFBR to pretreat POME to meet the new requirement set by the DOE Malaysia.
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author Mamun, Abdullah Al
Idris, A.
author_facet Mamun, Abdullah Al
Idris, A.
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title Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor
title_short Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor
title_full Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor
title_fullStr Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of POME by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor
title_sort treatment of pome by pilot plant anaerobic fluidised bed reactor
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2008
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/57013/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57013/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57013/1/45%20Paper%20POME%20IIUM%20EJ.pdf
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