Palm oil mill final discharge treatment by a continuous adsorption system using oil palm kernel shell activated carbon produced from two-in-one carbonization activation reactor system

• Main Authors: Z., Nahrul Hayawin, M.F., Ibrahim, J., Nor Faizah, M., Ropandi, A.A., Astimar, Abd-Aziz, Suraini
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87047/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214714420301410?via%3Dihub

This work aimed at removing a major amount of organic and inorganic pollutants existing in palm oil mill effluent (POME) final discharge by using an effective adsorbent from renewable sources. In this study, the treatment of effluent by a continuous system that had improved the removal efficiency as...