Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae

Untreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a wastewater that contains high amount of chemical substances that when discharge directly into the waterways causes acute water pollution crises especially to Malaysia where palm oil is cultivated extensively. This research was carried out in order to eval...

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Main Authors: Haruna, S., Mohamad, S. E., Jamaluddin, H.
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering 2017
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/77006/1/HaryatiJamaluddin2017_PotentialOfTreatingUnsterilizedPalmOil.pdf
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description Untreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a wastewater that contains high amount of chemical substances that when discharge directly into the waterways causes acute water pollution crises especially to Malaysia where palm oil is cultivated extensively. This research was carried out in order to evaluate the potential of utilizing Chlorella sorokiniana for the phycoremediation of POME. C. sorokiniana grew in POME under different dilutions of 80%, 60%, 40% and 20%. C. sorokiniana removed nitrate, total phosphorus, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonium at ranges of 33-71%, 29-64%, 19-91% and 70-98% over 15 days culture. This study proved the successful cultivation of microalgae in unsterilized POME which could contribute to the effort in finding effective method of treating POME.
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spelling utm.eprints-770062018-04-30T14:32:35Z http://eprints.utm.my/77006/ Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae Haruna, S. Mohamad, S. E. Jamaluddin, H. TP Chemical technology Untreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a wastewater that contains high amount of chemical substances that when discharge directly into the waterways causes acute water pollution crises especially to Malaysia where palm oil is cultivated extensively. This research was carried out in order to evaluate the potential of utilizing Chlorella sorokiniana for the phycoremediation of POME. C. sorokiniana grew in POME under different dilutions of 80%, 60%, 40% and 20%. C. sorokiniana removed nitrate, total phosphorus, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonium at ranges of 33-71%, 29-64%, 19-91% and 70-98% over 15 days culture. This study proved the successful cultivation of microalgae in unsterilized POME which could contribute to the effort in finding effective method of treating POME. Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/77006/1/HaryatiJamaluddin2017_PotentialOfTreatingUnsterilizedPalmOil.pdf Haruna, S. and Mohamad, S. E. and Jamaluddin, H. (2017) Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae. Pakistan Journal of Biotechnology, 14 (2). pp. 221-225. ISSN 1812-1837 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021950507&partnerID=40&md5=4a05c53d6e4c6c38ce6e1249ce7f0b57
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Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae
title Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae
title_full Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae
title_fullStr Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae
title_full_unstemmed Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae
title_short Potential of treating unsterilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using freshwater microalgae
title_sort potential of treating unsterilized palm oil mill effluent pome using freshwater microalgae
topic TP Chemical technology
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