Effect Of Pre-Treatment And Inoculant During Composting Of Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunches

  • A. Y. Zahrim Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA
  • I. K. T. Yee Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA
  • E. S. C. Thian Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA
  • S. Y. Heng Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA
  • J. Janaun Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA
  • K. P. Chong Sustainable Palm Oil Research Unit, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA
  • S. K. Haywood School of Engineering, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
  • V. Tan Hatake Global Sdn. Bhd., 151, Jalan USJ 12/1, UEP Subang Jaya, 47630, Selangor, MALAYSIA
  • T. Asis Prestige Central Management Sdn. Bhd, 77B Jalan SS21/37 Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA
  • T. M. T. M Al Mizi 5 Prestige Central Management Sdn. Bhd, 77B Jalan SS21/37 Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Keywords: composting, empty fruit bunch, palm oil mill effluent, microwave pretreatment, zeta potential, phytotoxicity

Abstract

In this work, untreated empty fruit bunch (EFB) or microwave-assisted NaOH pretreated EFB with palm oil mill effluent (POME) were composted under mesophilic conditions either in the presence or absence of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens D203 for sixty days. During pretreatment conditions, the EFB was mixed with 1% (w/w) sodium hydroxide and then exposed to microwave irradiation. The composting process was evaluated based on the evolution of pH, electrical conductivity, moisture content, organic matter loss, zeta potential and phytotoxicity. The strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens D203 is not suitable for EFB-POME composting due to lower organic matter loss. The microwave-assisted NaOH pretreatment contributed to ~15% more organic matter loss than was found in the untreated sample while its germination index was >50%.

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Published
2023-07-31
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Zahrim, A. Y., Yee, I. K. T., Thian, E. S. C., Heng, S. Y., Janaun, J., Chong, K. P., Haywood, S. K., Tan, V., Asis, T., & Al Mizi, T. M. T. M. (2023). Effect Of Pre-Treatment And Inoculant During Composting Of Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunches. ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering, 17(2), 1-16. Retrieved from https://journal.ugm.ac.id/v3/AJChE/article/view/8963
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