Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting
This paper presents a new process to enhance the biodegradation rate of EFB fibers prior to composting which is by performing some new kinds of pre-treatment which are not only economical but also profitable. Rapid composting is the objective of this study and and is achievable by operating high pre...
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| author | Che Hamzah, Nurul Husna Yahya, Azmi Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari Che Man, Hasfalina |
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| description | This paper presents a new process to enhance the biodegradation rate of EFB fibers prior to composting which is by performing some new kinds of pre-treatment which are not only economical but also profitable. Rapid composting is the objective of this study and and is achievable by operating high pressure steam pre-treatment combined with acid pre-treatment. Sterilization pre-treatment was operated at 40 psi which is a standard operating procedure for sterilization process in palm oil mills. Acid pre-treatment is a natural biological pre-treatment which utilizing fresh raw POME as a replacement of industrial acid used for enzymatic hydrolysis. Sterilization and acid pre-treatments proved that they are worth to be introduced in local palm oil mills because their chemical reaction resulted a high nutrient compost which has C/N ratio of 5.7 on day 80 of composting whereas a good compost reached maturity state when C/N ratio is below 20. This result proves that its maturity state may have been reached a far ealier which is a success for rapid composting technology. This controlled composting used cylindrical plastic container and regularly monitored to maintain the optimum condition for the microbacteria inside compost. |
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| spelling | upm-772182020-03-04T07:22:55Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77218/ Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting Che Hamzah, Nurul Husna Yahya, Azmi Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari Che Man, Hasfalina This paper presents a new process to enhance the biodegradation rate of EFB fibers prior to composting which is by performing some new kinds of pre-treatment which are not only economical but also profitable. Rapid composting is the objective of this study and and is achievable by operating high pressure steam pre-treatment combined with acid pre-treatment. Sterilization pre-treatment was operated at 40 psi which is a standard operating procedure for sterilization process in palm oil mills. Acid pre-treatment is a natural biological pre-treatment which utilizing fresh raw POME as a replacement of industrial acid used for enzymatic hydrolysis. Sterilization and acid pre-treatments proved that they are worth to be introduced in local palm oil mills because their chemical reaction resulted a high nutrient compost which has C/N ratio of 5.7 on day 80 of composting whereas a good compost reached maturity state when C/N ratio is below 20. This result proves that its maturity state may have been reached a far ealier which is a success for rapid composting technology. This controlled composting used cylindrical plastic container and regularly monitored to maintain the optimum condition for the microbacteria inside compost. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77218/1/saes2015-72.pdf Che Hamzah, Nurul Husna and Yahya, Azmi and Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari and Che Man, Hasfalina (2015) Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting. In: 3rd International Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences (SAES2015), 23-24 Nov. 2015, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 345-347). |
| spellingShingle | Che Hamzah, Nurul Husna Yahya, Azmi Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari Che Man, Hasfalina Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting |
| title | Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting |
| title_full | Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting |
| title_fullStr | Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting |
| title_short | Pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of EFB fibers for composting |
| title_sort | pre-treatments enhancing biodegradation of efb fibers for composting |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77218/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77218/1/saes2015-72.pdf |