Restoration of Liquid Effluent from Oil Palm Agroindustry in Malaysia using UV/TiO2 and UV/ZnO Photocatalytic Systems: A Comparative Study

• Main Authors: Kim, Hoong Ng, Khan, Maksudur R., Ng, Yun Hau, Hossain, Sk Safdar, Cheng, C. K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12926/2/Restoration%20of%20liquid%20effluent%20from%20oil%20palm%20agroindustry%20in%20Malaysia%20using%20UV-TiO2%20and%20UV-ZnO%20photocatalytic%20systems-%20A%20comparative%20study%201.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12926/; http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.03.078

In this study, we have employed a photocatalytic method to restore the liquid effluent from a palm oil mill in Malaysia. Specifically, the performance of both TiO2 and ZnO was compared for the photocatalytic polishing of palm oil mill effluent (POME). The ZnO photocatalyst has irregular shape, bigge...