Feasibility of palm oil mill effluent elimination towards sustainable Malaysian palm oil industry

Tan, Yue Dian; Lim, Jeng Shiun

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2019.05.043

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“…However, the production of palm oil is producing a huge quantity of solid waste and industrial effluents in the forms of empty fruit bunch (EFB), mesocarp fiber, palm kernel shell, palm oil refineries effluent (PORE), and palm oil mill effluent (POME) [ 1 , 4 ]. Among the palm oil industry effluent, PORE contains approximately 94–96% water, 4–6% suspended organic particles, and 0.6–0.7% oil [ 5 , 6 ]. Although the organic pollutant concentration in PORE is much lower than POME, the concentration of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), turbidity and suspended solids (SS) in PORE is higher than the industrial effluents discharge limits set by the Department of Environment (DoE), Malaysia [ 7 ].…”

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“…The most common treatment technology for treating PORE is the biological treatments using an anaerobic or aerobic ponding process, because of its low operating cost [ 6 ]. The biological ponding process normally requires pre-treatment to remove residual oil and to minimize the concentration of the organic pollutant by dissolved air flotation (DAF) and coagulation using alum as a coagulant, respectively [ 6 , 8 , 9 ]. However, the biological treatment is a lengthy process, which requires prolonged treatment time for the degradation of organic particles [ 10 ].…”

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Treatment of Palm Oil Refinery Effluent Using Tannin as a Polymeric Coagulant: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics Analyses

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The refining of the crude palm oil (CPO) generates the palm oil refinery effluent (PORE). The presence of high contents of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), turbidity, and suspended solids (SS) in PORE encourages the determination of an effective treatment process to minimize the environmental pollution and preserve aquatic life. In the present study, a biodegradable natural polymer, namely tannin, was utilized as a coagulant to treat PORE. The coagulation experiment was conducted using a jar test apparatus. The tannin coagulation efficiency was evaluated based on the BOD, COD, turbidity, and SS removal from PORE by varying the tannin dose (50–300 mg/L), pH (pH 4–10), treatment time (15–90 min), and sedimentation time (15–90 min). It was found that the maximum removal of BOD, COD, turbidity, and SS was 97.62%, 88.89%, 93.01%, and 90.21%, respectively, at pH 6, a tannin dose of 200 mg/L, 60 min of coagulation time, and 60 min of sedimentation time. Analyses of isotherm models revealed that the Freundlich isotherm model was well fitted with the coagulation study. Kinetics studies show that the pseudo-second-order kinetics model was the well-fitted kinetics model for the BOD, COD, turbidity, and SS removal from PORE using tannin as a polymeric coagulant. The determination of thermodynamics parameters analyses revealed that BOD, COD, turbidity, and SS removal from PORE was spontaneous, exothermic, and chemical in nature. The finding of the present study shows that tannin as a natural polymeric coagulant would be utilized in PORE treatment to avoid toxic sludge generation.

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Treatment of Palm Oil Refinery Effluent Using Tannin as a Polymeric Coagulant: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics Analyses

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“…The continuous increase in business is because farmers have the view that with the evaluation or advice given from various relevant agencies will be able to improve and improve the performance of farmers or farmer groups in improving their plantation business (Tan and Lim 2019;Pye 2019).…”

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Farmer Perception to Ispo in Oil Palm Plantation in West Java

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Agroland: The Agr. Sci. J.

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Palm oil is one of the leading commodities in the world market that contributes to the Indonesian economy. In fulfilling market demand but environmental friendly, the Indonesian government issued a policy of sustainable standards known as the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) principle. This study aims to determine the farmers' perception of ISPO in the community of oil palm farmers in West Java. This study designed as qualitative research. The results show that not all standards were sustainable. ISO has been applied to oil palm plantations in West Java. For this reason, government efforts were needed to assist farmers in implementing the ISPO.

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“…Abram et al stated that contamination of POME can result in serious water pollution and disturb aquatic. ecosystem [9]. Exposure to COD & BOD harm aquatic organisms through hypoxic conditions [10,11].…”

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Effect of exposure to palm oil mill effluent on reproductive impairment of male Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, Linnaeus 1758)

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One of the negative impacts arising from the existence of palm oil mill industries is the increase of pollution from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), particularly for the aquatic environment. This study was conducted to investigate the reproductive impairment of male Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus 1758) after exposed to POME. An experiment of a chronic test was carried out using a completely randomized design consisting four treatments with five replication: control (0 mg/L POME), treatment A (1.565 mg/L POME), treatment B (2.347 mg/L POME), and treatment C (3.130 mg/L POME). The exposure of POME was performed for 45 days. Reproductive hormone concentration, gonadosomatic index and spermatocrite value in each treatment statistically analyzed by using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results showed that the POME exposure had no significant impact on estradiol and testosterone concentrations (p>0.05), but, it triggered a decline in the progesterone concentration (p<0.05). Progesterone concentration decreased significantly from 0.57 ± 0.24 ng/mL in control to 0.28 ± 0.04 ng/mL in treatment C. The hormonal decline resulted in a significant decrease in gonadosomatic index and spermatocrite of male Nile Tilapi (p<0.05). In conclusion, exposure to POME induced reproductive impairment in male Nile Tilapia.

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Feasibility of palm oil mill effluent elimination towards sustainable Malaysian palm oil industry

Cited by 101 publications

References 63 publications

Treatment of Palm Oil Refinery Effluent Using Tannin as a Polymeric Coagulant: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics Analyses

Treatment of Palm Oil Refinery Effluent Using Tannin as a Polymeric Coagulant: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics Analyses

Farmer Perception to Ispo in Oil Palm Plantation in West Java

Effect of exposure to palm oil mill effluent on reproductive impairment of male Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, Linnaeus 1758)

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