Applied Chemical Engineering

INFLUENCE OF pH ON THE ANAEROBIC FLUIDISED BED REACTOR PERFORMANCE FOR PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENT TREATMENT

Abdullah Al Mamun

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia

Azni Idris

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Mustapha Mujeli

Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Modibbo Adama University of Technology

Keywords: Anaerobic Fluidised Bed Reactor (AnFBR), Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), pH Shock, Reactor Performance.

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