Advances in pretreatment technology for handling the palm oil mill effluent: Challenges and prospects

• Main Authors: Anisa Ratnasari, Anisa Ratnasari, Achmad Syafiuddin, Achmad Syafiuddin, Raj Boopathy, Raj Boopathy, Malik, Sana, Mehmood, Muhammad Aamer, Rizki Amalia, Rizki Amalia, Dedy Dwi Prastyo, Dedy Dwi Prastyo, Zaidi, Nur Syamimi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/101246/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126239
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The palm oil mill effluent (POME) from palm milling oil activities is discharged into various water bodies which poses several environmental problems including turbidity, increases COD and BOD, adds oil and grease, increases total nitrogen, and other pollutants. Therefore, it requires effective trea...