Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)

The main objective of this study is to produce biofuel (namely biodiesel) from palm oil mill effluent (POME), which is the main waste generated from the oil palm industry. POME is generated from the production of oil palm, in which every two tonne of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) of palm fruit can prod...

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Main Author: Moh, Ivy Heng Shi
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my-unimas-ir.87742023-03-28T08:13:14Z Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME) 2013 Moh, Ivy Heng Shi S Agriculture (General) The main objective of this study is to produce biofuel (namely biodiesel) from palm oil mill effluent (POME), which is the main waste generated from the oil palm industry. POME is generated from the production of oil palm, in which every two tonne of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) of palm fruit can produce one tonne of PO ME Due to large amount of PO ME is being produced daily, the discharge of treated POME is being produced daily, the discharge of treated POME to receiving water bodies definitely cause serious pollution to the received water bodies. Indeed, literatures show that the oil content in POME can be converted to biodiesel. Therefore, in this research, the biodiesel will be produced from POME through simplified-step transesterification of POME using methoxide solution In order to give a simple, low cost and can be carried out in short durations method to recover the useful components in POME. Pre-treatment of POME was carried out before transesterification process to remove the unwanted solids. After transesterification, the biodiesel produced was purified using water to remove the unwanted chemicals and also dry with drying agent. FTIR analysis was used to confirm the products are biodiesel. Biodiesel that was produced by using 2.5% (wit) sodium methoxide from desolidification POME had better quality. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8774/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8774/2/Ivy%20Moh.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
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Moh, Ivy Heng Shi
Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)
description The main objective of this study is to produce biofuel (namely biodiesel) from palm oil mill effluent (POME), which is the main waste generated from the oil palm industry. POME is generated from the production of oil palm, in which every two tonne of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) of palm fruit can produce one tonne of PO ME Due to large amount of PO ME is being produced daily, the discharge of treated POME is being produced daily, the discharge of treated POME to receiving water bodies definitely cause serious pollution to the received water bodies. Indeed, literatures show that the oil content in POME can be converted to biodiesel. Therefore, in this research, the biodiesel will be produced from POME through simplified-step transesterification of POME using methoxide solution In order to give a simple, low cost and can be carried out in short durations method to recover the useful components in POME. Pre-treatment of POME was carried out before transesterification process to remove the unwanted solids. After transesterification, the biodiesel produced was purified using water to remove the unwanted chemicals and also dry with drying agent. FTIR analysis was used to confirm the products are biodiesel. Biodiesel that was produced by using 2.5% (wit) sodium methoxide from desolidification POME had better quality.
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author Moh, Ivy Heng Shi
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title Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_short Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_full Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_fullStr Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_full_unstemmed Waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_sort waste management: bio-fuel recovery from palm oil mill effluent (pome)
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
granting_department Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
publishDate 2013
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