Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review

Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review

Palm oil mill effluent (POME) pollution is a serious issue that has gained the attention of an international audience including policy makers, mill owners, NGOs and academicians. With a production rate of 74 million metric tonnes a year, Malaysia is in dire need for new technologies able to address...

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Main Authors: Charles, Ashwin, Cheng, C. K.
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Published: Science Publishing Corporation 2018
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spelling ump-257582019-09-04T03:06:35Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25758/ Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review Charles, Ashwin Cheng, C. K. TP Chemical technology Palm oil mill effluent (POME) pollution is a serious issue that has gained the attention of an international audience including policy makers, mill owners, NGOs and academicians. With a production rate of 74 million metric tonnes a year, Malaysia is in dire need for new technologies able to address this mounting problem. While previous research has attempted to modify existing microbial driven organic degradation methods to optimize the organic load removal, new studies recognize the futility in this endeavour as mills are unwilling to change the way they operate and adopt these disruptive technologies. Instead current research aims at tertiary polishing technologies of which photocatalysis has emerged as a forerunner. Recent advances indicate photocatalytic treatment of POME is a viable solution to the problem but for it to be cost effective, future studies should focus on visible light driven processes and new reactor configurations to improve the photocatalytic activity of existing systems. Science Publishing Corporation 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25758/1/Recent%20Advances%20in%20Photocatalytic%20Treatment%20of%20Palm%20Oil%20Mill%20Effluent.pdf Charles, Ashwin and Cheng, C. K. (2018) Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (4.34). pp. 389-393. ISSN 2227-524X http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.34.26880 http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.34.26880
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Charles, Ashwin
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Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review
description Palm oil mill effluent (POME) pollution is a serious issue that has gained the attention of an international audience including policy makers, mill owners, NGOs and academicians. With a production rate of 74 million metric tonnes a year, Malaysia is in dire need for new technologies able to address this mounting problem. While previous research has attempted to modify existing microbial driven organic degradation methods to optimize the organic load removal, new studies recognize the futility in this endeavour as mills are unwilling to change the way they operate and adopt these disruptive technologies. Instead current research aims at tertiary polishing technologies of which photocatalysis has emerged as a forerunner. Recent advances indicate photocatalytic treatment of POME is a viable solution to the problem but for it to be cost effective, future studies should focus on visible light driven processes and new reactor configurations to improve the photocatalytic activity of existing systems.
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author Charles, Ashwin
Cheng, C. K.
author_facet Charles, Ashwin
Cheng, C. K.
author_sort Charles, Ashwin
title Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review
title_short Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review
title_full Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review
title_fullStr Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review
title_full_unstemmed Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review
title_sort recent advances in photocatalytic treatment of palm oil mill effluent (pome): a review
publisher Science Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2018
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25758/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25758/1/Recent%20Advances%20in%20Photocatalytic%20Treatment%20of%20Palm%20Oil%20Mill%20Effluent.pdf
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