Mechanism of fat, oil and grease (FOG) deposit formation in sewer pipelines

Husain, Iman A. F. and Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid and Hoda, Asif and Jami, Mohammed Saedi and Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed and Zainudin, Zaki (2013) Mechanism of fat, oil and grease (FOG) deposit formation in sewer pipelines. In: 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBIoE 2013, 2-4 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

The release of fat, oil, and grease (FOG) into collection systems results in the blockage of pipes and subsequent sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). Currently,municipalities such as Indah Water Consortium (IWK) who are responsible for maintaining these collection systems have little guidance as there is a substantial lack of scientifically-based information regarding the mechanism of FOG deposition and the effective control method of FOG. In this study, the mechanism of FOG deposit formation is investigated by samples characterization. Sewage flow laden with FOG is also modelled using ANSYS CFX. The results showed that the deposits mainly constitute of FOG while there is a high amount of Palmatic and Oleic acids which indicate the preference for hydrolysis reaction.

Item Type:	Proceeding Paper (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information:	5595/42414
Uncontrolled Keywords:	FOG, modelling, simulation, sewage, CFD
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP155 Chemical engineering
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohammed Saedi Jami, PhD CEng MIChemE
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2015 10:34
Last Modified:	06 May 2024 15:17
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/42414

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