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Electro-oxidation as Tertiary Treatment Techniques for Removal of Palm Oil Mill Effluent
Electro-oxidation as Tertiary Treatment Techniques for Removal of Palm Oil Mill Effluent
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2020-07-09
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Che Zulzikrami Azner Abidin
Fahmi Muhammad Ridwan
Abdul Haqi Ibrahim
Nazerry Rosmady Rahmat
Farah Mohamed Hussein N.
Razi Ahmad
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The production of palm oil, though, results in the generation of huge quantities of polluted wastewater normally referred as palm oil mill effluent (POME). It gives adverse impacts to the environment, particularly if it is not properly treated. POME are known to have various types of liquids, residual oil and suspended solid as it has very high strength waste in its untreated form. Although conventional biological processes are normally efficient for the degradation of pollutants occurring in wastewater, most of these compounds are not effectively removed. As a result, further treatment is needed to meet more stringent discharge standards of Department of Environment (DOE), Malaysia. This research focused on treatment of POME by using electro-oxidation process (EO). It was done to identify the performance of EO process for colour, chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids (SS), and Ammoniacal-nitrogen NH3-N) removal as well as the relative effects of different operational parameters such as pH, type of electrodes and contact time. The pH was varied between 3 and 11, using Ferum (Fe) and Aluminium (Al) electrode, and contact time from 0 to 120 min. The most suitable pH, contact time and type of electrode were pH 3, 120 min and Aluminium electrode, respectively. Therefore, EO process at specified level can be used as an efficient and effective post-treatment technology to meet the standard regulatory requirements.