Authors: Mohd Azmuddin Abdullah Ashfaq Ahmad Syed Muhammad Usman Shah Sanaa Mahmoud Metwally Shanab Hamdy Elsayed Ahmed Ali Mervat Aly Mohamed AboState Mohd Fariduddin Othman
Publish Date: 2016/05/22
Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 236-249
Abstract
Increased demand for energy worldwide has resulted in increasing interest in alternative renewable sources of biofuels Demand for improved systems of bioenergy generation environmental remediation and coproduction of high value bioactive compounds has led to the potential use of algae in biomass utilization In Malaysia palm oil industries generate high amount of solid wastes Palm Oil Mill Effluent POME is estimated to be three times of the amount of crude palm oil produced POME is a heavily polluting wastewater due to its high chemical oxygen demand COD high biochemical oxygen demand BOD and high contents of minerals such as nitrogen and phosphorus that can cause severe pollution to the environment and water resources A combination of wastewater treatment and renewable bioenergy cogeneration with recovery of highvalue biochemicals would benefit the palm oil industry
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