Waste to Valuable By-product: Palm Oil Mill Decanter Cake and its Ability to Remove Cd, Cu and Pb Ions

• Main Authors: Nugroho, Dewayanto, M. Z., Sahad, Mohd Ridzuan, Nordin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8861/1/Waste%20to%20valuable%20by-product-%20Palm%20oil%20mill%20decanter%20cake%20and%20its%20ability%20to%20remove%20Cd%2C%20Cu%20and%20Pb%20ions.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8861/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Palm oil mills generate about 4 - 5 tons of decanter cake for every 100 tons of palm fresh fruit bunch processed. Due to the high organic content, the decanter cake could be converted into adsorbent for the removal of metal ions from waste water. The decanter cake was first dried at 105 oC and the...