Optimization on thermophilic aerobic treatment of anaerobically digested palm oil mill effluent (POME)

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-198

  Chan, Yi Jing ^a   Chong, Mei Fong ^a   Law, Chung Lim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS); Optimization; Organic loading rate (OLR); Palm oil mill effluent (POME); Sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS;

BATCH REACTORS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; VEGETABLE OILS; WATER QUALITY;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PALM OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLID; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER LOADING;

EID: 79958153288     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1369703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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