Start-up operation of semi-commercial closed anaerobic digester for palm oil mill effluent treatment

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 962-964

  Yacob, Shahrakbah ^a,b   Shirai, Yoshihito ^a   Hassan, Mohd Ali ^b   Wakisaka, Minato ^a   Subash, Sunderaj ^c  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Felda Palm Industries Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Large scale application; Palm oil mill effluent (POME); Start up operation

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EXTRACTION;

LARGE SCALE OPERATIONS; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS (POME); START-UP OPERATIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 33344467278     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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