Effect of organic acid profiles during anaerobic treatment of palm oil mill effluent on the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by Rhodobacter sphaeroides

• Main Authors: Hassan, Mohd Ali, Shirai, Yoshihito, Kusubayashi, Noriko, Abdul Karim, Mohd Ismail, Nakanishi, Kazuhiro, Hashimoto, Kenji
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 1996
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42478/1/Effect%20of%20organic%20acid%20profiles%20during%20anaerobic%20treatment%20of%20palm%20oil%20mill%20effluent%20on%20the%20production%20of%20polyhydroxyalkanoates%20by%20Rhodobacter%20sphaeroides.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42478/7/1-s2.0-0922338X96850380-main.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42478/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0922338X96850380

A two-stage process for the production of polyhydroxy-alkanoates (PHA) from palm oil mill effuent (POME) is proposed. In the first stage, anaerobic treatment of POME by palm oil sludge was carried out to obtain organic acids, particularly acetic and propionic acids. The organic acids were then conve...