One of the major unresolved issues faced by the palm oil mills is their inability to address concerns of the global community in finding a permanent solution to handle the large volumes palm oil mill effluent (POME) that the mills generate during the oil extraction process. Unlike most other oil processing industries, the biological oxygen […]

Palm oil mills extract palm oil from the fresh fruit bunches (FFB) for human consumption as well as for producing biodiesel. Since palm oil molecules are made up of only carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, the nutrients and minerals present in the crop will remain in the by-products generated by the palm […]