Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review

The blooming of the world’s human population and the transition of the human diet into a more westernized, high-protein diet has accelerated the production of slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) as the number of meat processing plants (MPP) has increased in the past few decades. Conventional treatment p...

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Main Authors: Jen, Xen Yeoh, Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain, Syukri, Fadhil, Koyama, Mitsuhiko, Mobarekeh, Mohsen Nourouzi
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Published: MDPI 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100752/
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author Jen, Xen Yeoh
Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain
Syukri, Fadhil
Koyama, Mitsuhiko
Mobarekeh, Mohsen Nourouzi
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Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain
Syukri, Fadhil
Koyama, Mitsuhiko
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description The blooming of the world’s human population and the transition of the human diet into a more westernized, high-protein diet has accelerated the production of slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) as the number of meat processing plants (MPP) has increased in the past few decades. Conventional treatment processes (CTP) used in treating SWW, such as anaerobic processes, membrane processes, and electrocoagulation, have significant limitations, such as low treatment efficiency, tendency to foul, and high energy consumption, respectively. While advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) appear promising in replacing the former, they lack economic feasibility when used as a single process. In this paper, the limitations and disadvantages of the CTPs used in treating SWW influents are evaluated. The idea of utilising AOPs as a “complementary” step rather than a single process is also discussed. The review paper further explores the variability of different AOPs, such as Fenton, Electro-Fenton, Sono-Fenton, etc., and their respective strengths and weaknesses in counteracting the limitations of CTPs. The idea of incorporating resource recovery into wastewater treatment is also discussed towards the end of the paper as a means of generating additional revenue for the industry players to compensate for the high operation and maintenance costs of SWW treatment. The integration of a new-generation treatment process such as AOP into CTP while being able to carry out resource recovery is a future hurdle that must be overcome by scientists in order to produce a versatile, powerful, sustainable, yet financially feasible and operationally pragmatic treatment system.
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spelling upm-1007522023-08-23T04:35:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100752/ Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review Jen, Xen Yeoh Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain Syukri, Fadhil Koyama, Mitsuhiko Mobarekeh, Mohsen Nourouzi The blooming of the world’s human population and the transition of the human diet into a more westernized, high-protein diet has accelerated the production of slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) as the number of meat processing plants (MPP) has increased in the past few decades. Conventional treatment processes (CTP) used in treating SWW, such as anaerobic processes, membrane processes, and electrocoagulation, have significant limitations, such as low treatment efficiency, tendency to foul, and high energy consumption, respectively. While advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) appear promising in replacing the former, they lack economic feasibility when used as a single process. In this paper, the limitations and disadvantages of the CTPs used in treating SWW influents are evaluated. The idea of utilising AOPs as a “complementary” step rather than a single process is also discussed. The review paper further explores the variability of different AOPs, such as Fenton, Electro-Fenton, Sono-Fenton, etc., and their respective strengths and weaknesses in counteracting the limitations of CTPs. The idea of incorporating resource recovery into wastewater treatment is also discussed towards the end of the paper as a means of generating additional revenue for the industry players to compensate for the high operation and maintenance costs of SWW treatment. The integration of a new-generation treatment process such as AOP into CTP while being able to carry out resource recovery is a future hurdle that must be overcome by scientists in order to produce a versatile, powerful, sustainable, yet financially feasible and operationally pragmatic treatment system. MDPI 2022-11-21 Article PeerReviewed Jen, Xen Yeoh and Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain and Syukri, Fadhil and Koyama, Mitsuhiko and Mobarekeh, Mohsen Nourouzi (2022) Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review. Water, 14 (22). pp. 1-18. ISSN 2073-4441 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/22/3778 10.3390/w14223778
spellingShingle Jen, Xen Yeoh
Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain
Syukri, Fadhil
Koyama, Mitsuhiko
Mobarekeh, Mohsen Nourouzi
Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review
title Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review
title_full Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review
title_fullStr Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review
title_full_unstemmed Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review
title_short Comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review
title_sort comparison between conventional treatment processes and advanced oxidation processes in treating slaughterhouse wastewater: a review
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100752/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100752/