Palm oil mill effluent treatment using rotating biological contactor

• Main Authors: Kassim, Mohd Azraii, Othman, Mohd. Nor
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 1999
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/27882/1/Mohd%20Azraii%20Kassim1999_Palm%20Oil%20Mill%20Effluent%20Treatment.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/27882/; http://www.civil.utm.my/content.php?id=387&cid=204&lang=1
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A study was conducted to treat palm oil mill effluent (POME) using a pilot scale anaerobic-aerobic rotating biological contactor (RBC). A two-stage RBC system was set up in the Environmental Engineering Laboratory at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The anaerobic RBC was utilised as the primary...