Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater

This project aims to investigate the potential use of commercial chitosan produced from mushroom (CMs) as bio-coagulants which are water-soluble chitosan (WSC) and acid-soluble chitosan (ASC) in wastewater treatment. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is wastewater generated from the palm oil milling...

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Main Author:	Irhayyim, Oday Adnan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Chitosan Water treatment plant residuals Palm oil industry - Waste disposal
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70960/1/FK%202017%208%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.709602019-08-29T07:36:14Z Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater 2017-01 Irhayyim, Oday Adnan This project aims to investigate the potential use of commercial chitosan produced from mushroom (CMs) as bio-coagulants which are water-soluble chitosan (WSC) and acid-soluble chitosan (ASC) in wastewater treatment. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is wastewater generated from the palm oil milling industry must be treated properly before being discharged into the environment. The use of inorganic coagulants like alum can potentially lead to the spread of chronic diseases due to the residual content of the coagulants in the treated wastewater. Thus, this study searched for an alternative coagulant using (CMs) for coagulation process. In this study, the optimum condition for synthetic water kaolin treatment when WSC was at pH 8, with a dosage of 10 mg/L, and with almost 100% turbidity removal. While ASC optimum conditions were at pH 11, dosage 10 mg/L and almost 100% turbidity removal. On the other hands, the performances of CMs coagulants as bio-coagulants were compared to aluminum sulphate (alum) coagulant. The results showed that alum gave 93% turbidity removal at optimum pH 4 and with an optimum dosage of 1200 mg/L. The treatment of POME wastewater by using CMs as a bio-coagulant was successfully able to reduce COD with up to 73% in value, 70% of BOD reduction and 99% of TSS removal, whereas alum coagulant resulted in 71% of COD, 65% of BOD reduction and 86% of TSS removal. The second objective of this study was to examine the characterization of the WSC and ASC by using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis, Zeta Potential, and antimicrobial activity. The results of FTIR confirmed the existence of amino groups in the backbone of CMs. The results of Zeta Potential analysis showed that the surface charges for WSC and ASC were 40.46 mV ± 1.01 and +70.24 mV ± 3.69, respectively. The antimicrobial activity analysis showed that ASC is more active than WSC where the concentration used of CMs was 10%. The ASC was active to inhibit microbes within around 7 mm zone which is considered clear zone of inhibition. The estimated cost for treatment using WSC, ASC and alum was RM 5.5, 4.52 and 84 per cubic meter respectively of POME treated wastewater. In conclusion, this study has proven that chitosan mushroom possesses a significant potential to be used as a bio-coagulant for wastewater treatment and also economical. Chitosan Water treatment plant residuals Palm oil industry - Waste disposal 2017-01 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70960/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70960/1/FK%202017%208%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Chitosan Water treatment plant residuals Palm oil industry - Waste disposal
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topic	Chitosan Water treatment plant residuals Palm oil industry - Waste disposal
spellingShingle	Chitosan Water treatment plant residuals Palm oil industry - Waste disposal Irhayyim, Oday Adnan Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater
description	This project aims to investigate the potential use of commercial chitosan produced from mushroom (CMs) as bio-coagulants which are water-soluble chitosan (WSC) and acid-soluble chitosan (ASC) in wastewater treatment. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is wastewater generated from the palm oil milling industry must be treated properly before being discharged into the environment. The use of inorganic coagulants like alum can potentially lead to the spread of chronic diseases due to the residual content of the coagulants in the treated wastewater. Thus, this study searched for an alternative coagulant using (CMs) for coagulation process. In this study, the optimum condition for synthetic water kaolin treatment when WSC was at pH 8, with a dosage of 10 mg/L, and with almost 100% turbidity removal. While ASC optimum conditions were at pH 11, dosage 10 mg/L and almost 100% turbidity removal. On the other hands, the performances of CMs coagulants as bio-coagulants were compared to aluminum sulphate (alum) coagulant. The results showed that alum gave 93% turbidity removal at optimum pH 4 and with an optimum dosage of 1200 mg/L. The treatment of POME wastewater by using CMs as a bio-coagulant was successfully able to reduce COD with up to 73% in value, 70% of BOD reduction and 99% of TSS removal, whereas alum coagulant resulted in 71% of COD, 65% of BOD reduction and 86% of TSS removal. The second objective of this study was to examine the characterization of the WSC and ASC by using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis, Zeta Potential, and antimicrobial activity. The results of FTIR confirmed the existence of amino groups in the backbone of CMs. The results of Zeta Potential analysis showed that the surface charges for WSC and ASC were 40.46 mV ± 1.01 and +70.24 mV ± 3.69, respectively. The antimicrobial activity analysis showed that ASC is more active than WSC where the concentration used of CMs was 10%. The ASC was active to inhibit microbes within around 7 mm zone which is considered clear zone of inhibition. The estimated cost for treatment using WSC, ASC and alum was RM 5.5, 4.52 and 84 per cubic meter respectively of POME treated wastewater. In conclusion, this study has proven that chitosan mushroom possesses a significant potential to be used as a bio-coagulant for wastewater treatment and also economical.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Irhayyim, Oday Adnan
author_facet	Irhayyim, Oday Adnan
author_sort	Irhayyim, Oday Adnan
title	Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater
title_short	Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater
title_full	Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater
title_fullStr	Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater
title_full_unstemmed	Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater
title_sort	performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70960/1/FK%202017%208%20-%20IR.pdf
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Performance of chitosan from mushroom as biocoagulant agent for kaolin and palm oil mill effluent wastewater

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