Nutrients and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removals by microalgae – bacteria co-culture system in palm oil mill effluent (POME)

• Main Authors: Samsudin, Amirah, Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Abdul Halim, Amanatuzzakiah, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nazri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press 2019
• Subjects: TD172 Environmental pollution; TD194 Environmental effects of industries and plants
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/91735/1/91735_Nutrients%20and%20chemical%20oxygen%20demand%20%28COD%29....pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/91735/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/ejournal/index.php/iiumej/issue/view/65; https://doi.org/10.31436/iiumej.v20i2.1109

In Malaysia, large amounts of waste known as palm oil mill effluent (POME) are generated during the production process of crude palm oil. Conventionally, POME is treated using biological treatment that involves two processes; aerobic and anaerobic. These processes however, require long hydraulic...