Evaluation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent Treatment Concomitant Phenolics Production by Aspergillus Niger IBS-103ZA

Idris, Zulkarnain Mohamed and Jamal, Parveen and Alam, Md. Zahangir (2011) Evaluation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent Treatment Concomitant Phenolics Production by Aspergillus Niger IBS-103ZA. In: 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2011), 17-19 May 2011, The Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

Previous results show that fermentation of palm oil mill effluent (POME) with Aspergillus niger IBS-103ZA has successfully increased the phenolic content and also antioxidant activities of the extract [1]. In this study, the potential use of Aspergillus niger IBS-103ZA to treat the effluent for removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and heavy metals were evaluated. The percentage of COD removal was very low. Only 24.44% of COD was removed after 120 hours of fermentation period. Aspergillus niger IBS-103ZA biomass absorbed Pb2+ ions from POME more rapidly than Zn2+ ions. Within 24 hours of fermentation period, the percentage removal of Pb2+ ions was 76.08%. The Pb2+ ions were totally removed after 72 hours of fermentation period. The removal of Zn2+ ions from POME was not as efficient as Pb2+ ions. Only 24.79% of Zn2+ ions were removed after 120 hours of fermentation period. No Cd was detected in POME during the study. Thus, treating POME via fermentation with Aspergillus niger IBS-103ZA not only increases its value added product but also reduces the pollution load in the effluent.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	2937/9755 (Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2011)) ISBN: 978-983-42978-3-1
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Palm oil mill effluent (POME); Aspergillus niger; Phenolics; Fermentation; Chemical oxygen demand (COD); Heavy metals
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA164 Bioengineering T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA170 Environmental engineering. Sustainable engineering T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP248.13 Biotechnology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof.Dr. Parveen Jamal
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2011 10:21
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2012 14:54
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/9755

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