Journal
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 171, Issue 1-3, Pages 166-174Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.114
Keywords
POME; Optimization; Membrane; Reverse osmosis; Ultrafiltration
Categories
Funding
- Federal Land Development Authority Foundation (Yayasan Felda) of Malaysia
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The discharge of palm oil mill effluent (POME) causes serious pollution problems and the membrane based POME treatment is suggested as a solution. Three different designs, namely Design A, B and C distinguished by their different types and orientations of membrane system are proposed. The results at optimum condition proved that the quality of the recovered water for all the designs met the effluent discharge standards imposed by the Department of Environment (DOE). The economic analysis at the optimum condition shows that the total treatment cost for Design A was the highest (RM 115.11/m(3)), followed by Design B (RM 23.64/m(3)) and Design C (RM 7.03/m(3)). in this study, the membrane system operated at high operating pressure with low membrane unit cost is preferable. Design C is chosen as the optimal design for the membrane based POME treatment system based on the lowest total treatment cost. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available