Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent

Fruit peel, an abundant waste, represents a potential bio-resource to be converted into useful materialsinstead of being dumped in landﬁll sites. Palm oil mill efﬂuent (POME) is a harmful waste that shouldalso be treated before it ca n safely be released to the environment. In this study, pyrolysis...

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Main Authors:	Lam, Su Shiung, Cheng, C. K., Liew, Rock Keey, Nazaitulshila, Rasit, Ooi, Chee Kuan, Ma, Nyuk Ling, Ng, Jo Han, Lam, Wei Haur, Chong, Cheng Tung, Chase, Howard A.
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spelling	ump-214282018-09-12T04:52:10Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21428/ Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent Lam, Su Shiung Cheng, C. K. Liew, Rock Keey Nazaitulshila, Rasit Ooi, Chee Kuan Ma, Nyuk Ling Ng, Jo Han Lam, Wei Haur Chong, Cheng Tung Chase, Howard A. TP Chemical technology Fruit peel, an abundant waste, represents a potential bio-resource to be converted into useful materialsinstead of being dumped in landﬁll sites. Palm oil mill efﬂuent (POME) is a harmful waste that shouldalso be treated before it ca n safely be released to the environment. In this study, pyrolysis of banana andorange peels was performed under different temperatures to produce biochar that was then examined asadsorbent in POME treatment. The pyrolysis generated 30.7e47.7 wt% yield of a dark biochar over atemperature ranging between 400 and 500C. The biochar contained no sulphur and possessed a hardtexture, low volatile content (34 wt%), and high amounts of ﬁxed carbon (72 wt%), showing durabilityin terms of high resistance to chemical reactions such as oxidation. The biochar showed a surface area of105 m2/g and a porous structure containing mesopores, indicating its potential to provide manyadsorption sites for use as an adsorbent. The use of the biochar as adsorbent to treat the POME showed aremoval efﬁciency of up to 57% in reducing the concentration of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),chemical oxygen demand COD, total suspended solid (TSS) and oil and grease (O&G) of POME to anacceptable level below the discharge standard. Our results indicate that pyrolysis shows promise as atechnique to transform banana and orange peel into value-added biochar for use as adsorbent to treatPOME. The recovery of biochar from fruit waste also shows advantage over traditional landﬁll approachesin disposing this waste. Academic Press 2018-05-01 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/21428/1/Pyrolysis%20production%20of%20fruit%20peel%20biochar%20for%20potential%20use%20intreatment%20of%20palm%20oil%20mill%20ef%EF%AC%82uent.pdf Lam, Su Shiung and Cheng, C. K. and Liew, Rock Keey and Nazaitulshila, Rasit and Ooi, Chee Kuan and Ma, Nyuk Ling and Ng, Jo Han and Lam, Wei Haur and Chong, Cheng Tung and Chase, Howard A. (2018) Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent. Journal of Environmental Management, 213. pp. 400-408. ISSN 0301-4797 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.092 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.092
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spellingShingle	TP Chemical technology Lam, Su Shiung Cheng, C. K. Liew, Rock Keey Nazaitulshila, Rasit Ooi, Chee Kuan Ma, Nyuk Ling Ng, Jo Han Lam, Wei Haur Chong, Cheng Tung Chase, Howard A. Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent
description	Fruit peel, an abundant waste, represents a potential bio-resource to be converted into useful materialsinstead of being dumped in landﬁll sites. Palm oil mill efﬂuent (POME) is a harmful waste that shouldalso be treated before it ca n safely be released to the environment. In this study, pyrolysis of banana andorange peels was performed under different temperatures to produce biochar that was then examined asadsorbent in POME treatment. The pyrolysis generated 30.7e47.7 wt% yield of a dark biochar over atemperature ranging between 400 and 500C. The biochar contained no sulphur and possessed a hardtexture, low volatile content (34 wt%), and high amounts of ﬁxed carbon (72 wt%), showing durabilityin terms of high resistance to chemical reactions such as oxidation. The biochar showed a surface area of105 m2/g and a porous structure containing mesopores, indicating its potential to provide manyadsorption sites for use as an adsorbent. The use of the biochar as adsorbent to treat the POME showed aremoval efﬁciency of up to 57% in reducing the concentration of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),chemical oxygen demand COD, total suspended solid (TSS) and oil and grease (O&G) of POME to anacceptable level below the discharge standard. Our results indicate that pyrolysis shows promise as atechnique to transform banana and orange peel into value-added biochar for use as adsorbent to treatPOME. The recovery of biochar from fruit waste also shows advantage over traditional landﬁll approachesin disposing this waste.
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author	Lam, Su Shiung Cheng, C. K. Liew, Rock Keey Nazaitulshila, Rasit Ooi, Chee Kuan Ma, Nyuk Ling Ng, Jo Han Lam, Wei Haur Chong, Cheng Tung Chase, Howard A.
author_facet	Lam, Su Shiung Cheng, C. K. Liew, Rock Keey Nazaitulshila, Rasit Ooi, Chee Kuan Ma, Nyuk Ling Ng, Jo Han Lam, Wei Haur Chong, Cheng Tung Chase, Howard A.
author_sort	Lam, Su Shiung
title	Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent
title_short	Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent
title_full	Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent
title_fullStr	Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent
title_full_unstemmed	Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent
title_sort	pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent
publisher	Academic Press
publishDate	2018
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Pyrolysis production of fruit peel biochar for potential use in treatment of palm oil mill effluent

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