High valued biochemicals can be harnessed from palm oil mill effluent (POME) via microbial process apart from bioenergy e.g. methane or hydrogen. The potential pollution source of POME can be transformed into business opportunities by recovering and utilising the readily available nutrients for microbial fermentation into various bio-products. This bioconversion pathway makes use of the […]

Palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment, like many other wastewater facilities, is prone to formation of scale in its pipelines, tanks, diffusers or any other components exposed to it. The scale could also start depositing in early stages in pipes associated with retention ponds of the facility. Over a period of time, some crystals or scale […]