Introduction Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is the thick brownish effluent typically discharged at a temperature between 80 °C and 90 °C with a pH ranging from 4 to 5.
What is palm oil mill processing?
Palm oil mill processing gathering palm oil pressing, palm oil refining, and palm oil fractionation processing lines, ensures high efficiency and high oil yield of edible palm oil.
How palm oil mill effluent affect biogas production efficiency?
The characteristics of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a crucial factor affecting the yield and quality of biogas produced from anaerobic digestion. Hence, it is essential to understand how the operational processes and equipment in palm oil mills can affect POME characteristics and subsequently, biogas production efficiency.
What is a wet palm oil mill?
By understanding the role of each unit operation in the extraction process, steps can be taken to optimize efficiency and reduce negative environmental impacts. The typical processes of wet Palm Oil Mill (POM)s include sterilization of FFB, stripping, digestion, and pressing, clarification and kernel oil recovery.