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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jamal, Parveen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mohd Salleh, Mohammad Ramlan, Nadzir, Masrina M.
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/16824/1/ICAW_2006_POME.pdf