Producing crude palm oil (CPO) will have side effect on producing palm oil mill effluent (POME).  Besides of high COD /BOD contents, POME still contains high amount of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphor and mineral). Traditional treatment of palm oil mill effluent using facultative anaerobic method not fully eliminated COD and BOD into allowable limit. The objective of this research was to utilize p...

Kaewchai, S. and Prasertsan, P. Screening and application of thermotolerant microorganisms and their flocculant for treatment of palm oil mill effluent Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 2002, 24(3) : 413-420 Among fifteen thermotolerant polymer-producing isolates, three strains SM 29, WD 90, and SM 38 produced polymer posessing very high flocculating activities (24.81, 14.63 and 10.84, respectiv...

The biggest agricultural sector that contributes to the Malaysian economy is the oil palm industry. The effluent generated during the production of crude palm oil known as palm oil mill effluent (POME). POME undergoes anaerobic treatment that requires long retention time and produces large amount of methane that consequently contributes to global warming. In this study, an isolated bacteria was...

This study evaluates the physicochemical characteristics, total and available copper zinc in soils affected by four palm oil mills effluent (POME) of Oghareki Oghara Kingdom, Delta State, Nigeria using standard methods. The results showed generally increased pH, organic matter, electrical conductivity, phosphorus, exchangeable bases cation exchange capacity (CEC), compared to non-POME-contamina...

Surface arthropods on pome fruits can cause export problems and disrupt commercial markets. Eliminating insects and mites on the packing line would be the last opportunity to provide for pest-free produce. In this study, an experimental packing line was used to evaluate techniques using different surfactant baths, pressurized water sprays, and styles of rotating brushes to remove field-collecte...

This study aimed to investigate anaerobic co-digestion of palm oil mill effluent (POME) with cassava peels (CP) and cabbage waste (CW) for biomethane production. The digestion (AD) in 10L capacity bioreactors loaded separately three different ratios (3L/ 520g, 3L/ 600g 680g) POME/CP, POME/CW POME only (control) was operated under ambient temperature (25 - 36⁰C) pH range 6.5 8.5 45 days. Standar...

An anaerobic digestion of palm oil mill effluent (POME) for production of biogas was carried out at pilot scale under thermophilic condition. The objective of this research is to maintain short hydraulic retention time (HRT) and high degradation of the POME to biogas by applying recycle sludge. Fresh POME from PTPN IV without further treatment was used as feed. The fermentation process occurred...

apple scar skin viroid (assvd) is one of the most destructive viroid diseases in pome fruits orchards which can cause significant economic losses. symptoms of this viroid including scaring, distortion and dappling were seen in some apple orchards in east-northern of iran. sampling was carried out from apple and pear orchards. the rna was extracted by silica capture method from leaves. assvd was...