Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure

This study evaluate the performance of ultrafiltration UF membrane system in the treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) by varying the effects of transmembrane pressure and using different molecular weight cut-off (MWCO). Flat sheet polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration mem...

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Main Authors: Oseni, Munirat Idris, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2010
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/3230/1/TREATMENT_OF_PALM_OIL_MILL_EFFLUENT.pdf
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author Oseni, Munirat Idris
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu
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Jami, Mohammed Saedi
Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu
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description This study evaluate the performance of ultrafiltration UF membrane system in the treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) by varying the effects of transmembrane pressure and using different molecular weight cut-off (MWCO). Flat sheet polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration membrane of molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) 1kDa and 5kDa were used in this study. Biologically treated POME was subjected to physical pretreatment processes, consisting of coagulation and adsorption units to remove total suspended solids. Transmembrane pressure was varied between 0.5 bar to 1.5 bar and the performance of these membrane systems were assessed in terms of reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD), color and turbidity in POME. Pretreatment process which consisted of coagulation and adsorption played significant role in reducing COD, colour and turbidity by 97.9%, 99.3% and 99.9% respectively. The highest reduction COD, colour and turbidity occurred at transmembrane pressure of 0.5bar and better permeate quality was obtained with MWCO of 1 kD. The results also showed that UF membrane of MWCO of 5 kDa gave higher flux compared with MWCO of 1kDa.
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spelling iium-32302011-10-10T03:20:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3230/ Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure Oseni, Munirat Idris Jami, Mohammed Saedi Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu TD169 Environmental protection This study evaluate the performance of ultrafiltration UF membrane system in the treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) by varying the effects of transmembrane pressure and using different molecular weight cut-off (MWCO). Flat sheet polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration membrane of molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) 1kDa and 5kDa were used in this study. Biologically treated POME was subjected to physical pretreatment processes, consisting of coagulation and adsorption units to remove total suspended solids. Transmembrane pressure was varied between 0.5 bar to 1.5 bar and the performance of these membrane systems were assessed in terms of reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD), color and turbidity in POME. Pretreatment process which consisted of coagulation and adsorption played significant role in reducing COD, colour and turbidity by 97.9%, 99.3% and 99.9% respectively. The highest reduction COD, colour and turbidity occurred at transmembrane pressure of 0.5bar and better permeate quality was obtained with MWCO of 1 kD. The results also showed that UF membrane of MWCO of 5 kDa gave higher flux compared with MWCO of 1kDa. 2010-11 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3230/1/TREATMENT_OF_PALM_OIL_MILL_EFFLUENT.pdf Oseni, Munirat Idris and Jami, Mohammed Saedi and Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu (2010) Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure. In: 1st International Chemical and Environmental Engineering Conference 2010, 26-28 Nov 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://warponline.org/conferences.htm
spellingShingle TD169 Environmental protection
Oseni, Munirat Idris
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu
Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure
title Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure
title_full Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure
title_fullStr Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure
title_full_unstemmed Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure
title_short Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure
title_sort tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (pome) using uf membrane system: effect of wmco and transmembrane pressure
topic TD169 Environmental protection
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/3230/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/3230/1/TREATMENT_OF_PALM_OIL_MILL_EFFLUENT.pdf