Pre-treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) : a comparison study using chitisan and alum
Chitosan is a natural organic polyelectrolyte of high molecular weight and charge density; obtained from deacetylation of chitin. This study explored the potential and effectiveness of applying chitosan as a primary coagulant and flocculent, in comparison with aluminium sulphate (alum) for pre-treat...
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Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
2007
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/8442/ http://eprints.utm.my/8442/1/MohdAriffinAbuHassan2007_PreTreatmentofPalmOil.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/8442/2/index.html |