Treatment and decolorization of biologically treated Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using banana peel as novel biosorbent

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-249

  Mohammed, Rafie Rushdy ^a,b   Chong, Mei Fong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b NORTHERN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Banana peel; Biosorbent; Palm Oil Mill Effluent

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUITS; ISOTHERMS; LIGNIN; OIL SHALE; OXYGEN; PALM OIL;

ADSORBENT DOSAGE; BANANA PEELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOSORBENTS; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; CONTACT TIME; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

TANNINS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; LIGNIN; TANNIN;

ADSORPTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FRUIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BANANA; BANANA PEEL; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOSORPTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLORIZATION; EFFLUENT; ISOTHERM; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENT; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME;

MALAYSIA;

ADSORPTION; BANANA PEEL; BIOSORBENT; PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENT;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CHARCOAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; MALAYSIA; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSA; PLANT OILS; TANNINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890063424     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.031     Document Type: Article

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