Bioconversion process for microbial treatment of palm oil mill effluent to produce citric acid

• Main Authors: Jamal, Parveen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mohd Salleh, Mohammad Ramlan, Nadzir, Masrina M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: T175 Industrial research. Research and development; TA170 Environmental engineering; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/16824/1/ICAW_2006_POME.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/16824/

Oil palm is a very important asset in the Malaysian economy. It is estimated that for 1 tonne of crude palm oil produced, 5-7.5 tonnes of water is required and more than 50% of water end up as Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). The raw or partially treated POME has an extremely high content of degradabl...