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Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment

The world currently obtains its energy from the fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. However, the international crisis in the Middle East, rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves as well as climate change have driven the world towards renewable energy sources which are abundant, untapped...

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Main Authors: Yacob, Shahrakbah, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Shirai, Yoshihito, Wakisaka, Minato, Subash, Sunderaj
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2006
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7114/2/Baseline%20study%20of%20methane%20emission%20from%20anaerobic%20ponds%20of%20palm%20oil%20mill%20effluent%20treatment.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.07.003
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spelling my.upm.eprints.71142015-11-11T03:35:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7114/ Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment Yacob, Shahrakbah Hassan, Mohd Ali Shirai, Yoshihito Wakisaka, Minato Subash, Sunderaj The world currently obtains its energy from the fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. However, the international crisis in the Middle East, rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves as well as climate change have driven the world towards renewable energy sources which are abundant, untapped and environmentally friendly. Malaysia has abundant biomass resources generated from the agricultural industry particularly the large commodity, palm oil. This paper will focus on palm oil mill effluent (POME) as the source of renewable energy from the generation of methane and establish the current methane emission from the anaerobic treatment facility. The emission was measured from two anaerobic ponds in Felda Serting Palm Oil Mill for 52 weeks. The results showed that the methane content was between 35.0% and 70.0% and biogas flow rate ranged between 0.5 and 2.4 L/min/m2. Total methane emission per anaerobic pond was 1043.1 kg/day. The total methane emission calculated from the two equations derived from relationships between methane emission and total carbon removal and POME discharged were comparable with field measurement. This study also revealed that anaerobic pond system is more efficient than open digesting tank system for POME treatment. Two main factors affecting the methane emission were mill activities and oil palm seasonal cropping. Elsevier 2006-07-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7114/2/Baseline%20study%20of%20methane%20emission%20from%20anaerobic%20ponds%20of%20palm%20oil%20mill%20effluent%20treatment.pdf Yacob, Shahrakbah and Hassan, Mohd Ali and Shirai, Yoshihito and Wakisaka, Minato and Subash, Sunderaj (2006) Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment. Science of The Total Environment, 366 (1). pp. 187-196. ISSN 0048-9697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.07.003 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.07.003
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description The world currently obtains its energy from the fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. However, the international crisis in the Middle East, rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves as well as climate change have driven the world towards renewable energy sources which are abundant, untapped and environmentally friendly. Malaysia has abundant biomass resources generated from the agricultural industry particularly the large commodity, palm oil. This paper will focus on palm oil mill effluent (POME) as the source of renewable energy from the generation of methane and establish the current methane emission from the anaerobic treatment facility. The emission was measured from two anaerobic ponds in Felda Serting Palm Oil Mill for 52 weeks. The results showed that the methane content was between 35.0% and 70.0% and biogas flow rate ranged between 0.5 and 2.4 L/min/m2. Total methane emission per anaerobic pond was 1043.1 kg/day. The total methane emission calculated from the two equations derived from relationships between methane emission and total carbon removal and POME discharged were comparable with field measurement. This study also revealed that anaerobic pond system is more efficient than open digesting tank system for POME treatment. Two main factors affecting the methane emission were mill activities and oil palm seasonal cropping.
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author Yacob, Shahrakbah
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Shirai, Yoshihito
Wakisaka, Minato
Subash, Sunderaj
spellingShingle Yacob, Shahrakbah
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Shirai, Yoshihito
Wakisaka, Minato
Subash, Sunderaj
Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment
author_facet Yacob, Shahrakbah
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Shirai, Yoshihito
Wakisaka, Minato
Subash, Sunderaj
author_sort Yacob, Shahrakbah
title Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment
title_short Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment
title_full Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment
title_fullStr Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment
title_full_unstemmed Baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment
title_sort baseline study of methane emission from anaerobic ponds of palm oil mill effluent treatment
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2006
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7114/2/Baseline%20study%20of%20methane%20emission%20from%20anaerobic%20ponds%20of%20palm%20oil%20mill%20effluent%20treatment.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7114/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.07.003
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