Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent
Palm oil is one of the many vegetable oils widely consumed around the world. The production of palm oil requires voluminous amount of water with the concurrent generation of large amount of wastewater known as palm oil mill effluent (POME). POME is a mixture of water, oil, and natural sediments (sol...
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| description | Palm oil is one of the many vegetable oils widely consumed around the world. The production of palm oil requires voluminous amount of water with the concurrent generation of large amount of wastewater known as palm oil mill effluent (POME). POME is a mixture of water, oil, and natural sediments (solid particles and fibres).There is a dearth of information on the physical properties of these POME sediments. This study intends to distinguish the physical properties of oily and non-oily POME sediments which include sediment size, particle size distribution (PSD), sediment shape, sediment surface morphology, and sediment density. These characterizations are important for future researches because these properties have significant effects on the settling process that occurs either under natural gravity or by coagulations. It was found that the oily and non-oily POME sediments have different sizes with nonspherical irregular shapes, and because of that, the aspect ratio (AR) and circularity shape factors were adopted to describe the shapes of these sediments. The results also indicate that the density of oily POME sediment decreases as the sediment size increases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f3839651863483fa831b8e94f45d0ba2025-02-03T01:00:57ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712013-01-01201310.1155/2013/298958298958Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill EffluentReem A. Alrawi0Nik Norulaini Nik Ab Rahman1Anees Ahmad2Norli Ismail3A. K. Mohd Omar4Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 George Town, MalaysiaSchool of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 George Town, MalaysiaDivision of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, IndiaEnvironmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 George Town, MalaysiaEnvironmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 George Town, MalaysiaPalm oil is one of the many vegetable oils widely consumed around the world. The production of palm oil requires voluminous amount of water with the concurrent generation of large amount of wastewater known as palm oil mill effluent (POME). POME is a mixture of water, oil, and natural sediments (solid particles and fibres).There is a dearth of information on the physical properties of these POME sediments. This study intends to distinguish the physical properties of oily and non-oily POME sediments which include sediment size, particle size distribution (PSD), sediment shape, sediment surface morphology, and sediment density. These characterizations are important for future researches because these properties have significant effects on the settling process that occurs either under natural gravity or by coagulations. It was found that the oily and non-oily POME sediments have different sizes with nonspherical irregular shapes, and because of that, the aspect ratio (AR) and circularity shape factors were adopted to describe the shapes of these sediments. The results also indicate that the density of oily POME sediment decreases as the sediment size increases.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/298958 |
| spellingShingle | Reem A. Alrawi Nik Norulaini Nik Ab Rahman Anees Ahmad Norli Ismail A. K. Mohd Omar Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent Journal of Chemistry |
| title | Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent |
| title_full | Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent |
| title_short | Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent |
| title_sort | characterization of oily and non oily natural sediments in palm oil mill effluent |
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