Optimised treatment of palm oil mill effluent

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 265-277

  Florence, P S ^a   Nandong, Jobrun ^a   Samyudia, Yudi ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flotation rate; Hydrochloric acid; Magnetic stirring; Oil water emulsion; Optimised treatment; Palm oil mill effluent; POME; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLOTATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MAGNETS; TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

FLOTATION RATES; MAGNETIC STIRRING; OIL-WATER EMULSION; OPTIMISED TREATMENT; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; POME;

PALM OIL;

EID: 67149115123     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2009.026343     Document Type: Article

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