Chemical precipitation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)

• Main Authors: Tan, J., T., Mohd. Rozainee, A. A., Ramlan, A. H., Mohd. Ariffin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/368/1/TanJ2006_Chemicalprecipitationofpalmoil.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/368/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

An alternative method of treating the palm oil mill effluent (POME) within a short period without involving a vast land area is coagulation and flocculation. The four different types of coagulant combinations are aluminium sulphate, ferric chloride, ferric sulphate and ammonium sulphate with commerc...