Characterization of Oily and Non-Oily Natural Sediments in Palm Oil Mill Effluent

Palm oil is one of the many vegetable oils widely consumed around the world. The production of palm oil requires voluminous amount of water with the concurrent generation of large amount of wastewater known as palm oil mill effluent (POME). POME is a mixture of water, oil, and natural sediments (sol...

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Main Authors: Reem A. Alrawi, Nik Norulaini Nik Ab Rahman, Anees Ahmad, Norli Ismail, A. K. Mohd Omar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/298958