Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system
Odorous gaseous such as ammonia and hydrogen sulphide produced by anaerobic bacteria are emitted when palm oil mill effluent (POME) is treated via anaerobic digestion. The Department of Environment (DOE) under the jurisdiction of the Air Division has proposed an odour emission limit of 12,000OUm...
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| author | Yap, Andrew Kian Chung Nastaein Qamaruz Zaman, Fatah Yah Abd. Manaf, Rohaya Mohamed Halim, Rusnani Abd. Majid, |
| author_facet | Yap, Andrew Kian Chung Nastaein Qamaruz Zaman, Fatah Yah Abd. Manaf, Rohaya Mohamed Halim, Rusnani Abd. Majid, |
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| description | Odorous gaseous such as ammonia and hydrogen sulphide produced by anaerobic bacteria are emitted when palm oil mill
effluent (POME) is treated via anaerobic digestion. The Department of Environment (DOE) under the jurisdiction of the
Air Division has proposed an odour emission limit of 12,000OUm-3 at source sample for Malaysian palm oil mills recently.
The objective of this paper is to investigate the odour concentration at effluent treatment area within palm oil mills which
practise different types of common POME treatment systems such as Open Ponds Treatment, Covered Lagoon and Digester
Tank. The odour source grabbed samples from the respective treatment plants were assessed according to MS 1963:2007
Air Quality – determination of odour concentration by dynamic olfactometry. In addition in-situ odour concentration
surrounding the respective project sites have been measured based on enhanced procedures adapted from VDI3940 Grid
Method. The survey results showed that odour emitted from Open Ponds Treatment was having highest concentration
while Digester Tank was having the lowest concentration due to quarantine factor. None of the observations comply the
DOE proposal. Thus, alternative approaches need to be counter proposed in the legislation drafting so that the millers
compliance could be ensured while avoid the public sensory annoyance complaints. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:164822021-04-26T06:58:55Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16482/ Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system Yap, Andrew Kian Chung Nastaein Qamaruz Zaman, Fatah Yah Abd. Manaf, Rohaya Mohamed Halim, Rusnani Abd. Majid, Odorous gaseous such as ammonia and hydrogen sulphide produced by anaerobic bacteria are emitted when palm oil mill effluent (POME) is treated via anaerobic digestion. The Department of Environment (DOE) under the jurisdiction of the Air Division has proposed an odour emission limit of 12,000OUm-3 at source sample for Malaysian palm oil mills recently. The objective of this paper is to investigate the odour concentration at effluent treatment area within palm oil mills which practise different types of common POME treatment systems such as Open Ponds Treatment, Covered Lagoon and Digester Tank. The odour source grabbed samples from the respective treatment plants were assessed according to MS 1963:2007 Air Quality – determination of odour concentration by dynamic olfactometry. In addition in-situ odour concentration surrounding the respective project sites have been measured based on enhanced procedures adapted from VDI3940 Grid Method. The survey results showed that odour emitted from Open Ponds Treatment was having highest concentration while Digester Tank was having the lowest concentration due to quarantine factor. None of the observations comply the DOE proposal. Thus, alternative approaches need to be counter proposed in the legislation drafting so that the millers compliance could be ensured while avoid the public sensory annoyance complaints. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16482/1/12.pdf Yap, Andrew Kian Chung and Nastaein Qamaruz Zaman, and Fatah Yah Abd. Manaf, and Rohaya Mohamed Halim, and Rusnani Abd. Majid, (2021) Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 33 (1). pp. 113-131. ISSN 0128-0198 https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-331-2021/ |
| spellingShingle | Yap, Andrew Kian Chung Nastaein Qamaruz Zaman, Fatah Yah Abd. Manaf, Rohaya Mohamed Halim, Rusnani Abd. Majid, Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system |
| title | Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system |
| title_full | Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system |
| title_fullStr | Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system |
| title_short | Palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different POME treatment system |
| title_sort | palm oil mills odour emission survey based on different pome treatment system |
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