Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent

This project investigates the performance of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of palm oil mill effluent (POME). First, the scum-sludge mixture was acclimatized at mesophilic and thermophilic temperature prior the start-up of anaerobic digestion. The rapid CH4 production under both tem...

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Main Author:	Chou, Kian Weng
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	T1-995 Technology(General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/43240/1/CHOU%20KIAN%20WENG.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.432402019-04-12T05:26:27Z Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent 2011-11 Chou, Kian Weng T1-995 Technology(General) This project investigates the performance of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of palm oil mill effluent (POME). First, the scum-sludge mixture was acclimatized at mesophilic and thermophilic temperature prior the start-up of anaerobic digestion. The rapid CH4 production under both temperatures implied the anaerobic bacteria well adapted to POME. Later, the effect of organic loading rate (OLR) on anaerobic digestion of POME was investigated. The performance of mesophilic and thermophilic digestions were similar when OLR was ≤ 4.0 g COD/L/day. The average biodegradability of POME in mesophilic and thermophilic reactors was 77.14 % and 80.35 % respectively. Thermophilic reactor is more efficient because its maximum CH4 production rate (1.940 L CH4/L/day) was 53 % higher than mesophilic reactor (1.267 L CH4/L/day). 2011-11 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/43240/ http://eprints.usm.my/43240/1/CHOU%20KIAN%20WENG.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Teknologi Industri
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description	This project investigates the performance of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of palm oil mill effluent (POME). First, the scum-sludge mixture was acclimatized at mesophilic and thermophilic temperature prior the start-up of anaerobic digestion. The rapid CH4 production under both temperatures implied the anaerobic bacteria well adapted to POME. Later, the effect of organic loading rate (OLR) on anaerobic digestion of POME was investigated. The performance of mesophilic and thermophilic digestions were similar when OLR was ≤ 4.0 g COD/L/day. The average biodegradability of POME in mesophilic and thermophilic reactors was 77.14 % and 80.35 % respectively. Thermophilic reactor is more efficient because its maximum CH4 production rate (1.940 L CH4/L/day) was 53 % higher than mesophilic reactor (1.267 L CH4/L/day).
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Chou, Kian Weng
author_facet	Chou, Kian Weng
author_sort	Chou, Kian Weng
title	Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent
title_short	Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent
title_full	Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent
title_fullStr	Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent
title_full_unstemmed	Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent
title_sort	effect of the organic loading rate on the performance of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of palm oil mill effluent
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Teknologi Industri
publishDate	2011
url	http://eprints.usm.my/43240/1/CHOU%20KIAN%20WENG.pdf
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Effect Of The Organic Loading Rate On The Performance Of Mesophilic And Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent

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