Decolorization of Biogas Effluent from Palm Oil Mill Using Combined Biological and Physical Methods

Authors

  • Surasak Bunrung Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90112, Thailand.
  • Suteera Prasertsan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90112, Thailand.
  • Poonsuk Prasertsan Palm Oil Products and Technology Research Center, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90112, Thailand.

Keywords:

decolorization, biogas effluent, biological methods, physical method

Abstract

Two mixed cultures (Super LDD.1 and Super LDD.2) were used as inocula (10%) for the decolorization and treatment of biogas effluent from palm oil mill (BEPOM) under aerobic (2.5 volume of air per volume of medium per minute, vvm) and microaerobic conditions, respectively. With the supplementation of 10% palm oil mill effluent (POME) as nutrients, Super LDD.1 and Super LDD.2 showed higher decolorization than the Super EM culture under microaerobic conditions after 4 d cultivation. The optimum inoculum size for both sources was 20% (volume per volume) and Super LDD.1 produced higher decolorization (27.0%) and phenol removal (20.4%) than Super LDD.2 (16.7% and 12.1%, respectively) after 2 d cultivation. However, Super LDD.1 exhibited slightly lower chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal than Super LDD.2 (27.8% and 29.2%, respectively) after 6 d cultivation. The effluent after treatment by Super LDD.1 was subsequently tested for the effect of pH and palm ash concentration (1–15%, weight per volume) under mixing conditions (on 125 rpm shaker) at room temperature (30 ± 3 °C) for 1 h. The highest decolorization (84.7%), phenol removal (90.8%) and COD removal (88.9%) were achieved at 15% (w/v) palm ash. The results indicated the potential treatment of BEPOM using a biological method (Super LDD.1 culture) in combination with a physical method (palm ash) which was better than using each treatment alone. 

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Published

2014-02-28

How to Cite

Bunrung, Surasak, Suteera Prasertsan, and Poonsuk Prasertsan. 2014. “Decolorization of Biogas Effluent from Palm Oil Mill Using Combined Biological and Physical Methods”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 48 (1). Bangkok, Thailand:95-104. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/243238.

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