Anaerobic treatment system for palm oil mill effluent

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We are looking for a treatment technology with the smallest footprint possible for palm oil mill effluent in Indonesia.

The wastewater parameters are:

Please tell us about which treatment system would be perfect for us with above specifications. 

Expected flowrate is 360-400m3/day

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  1. Did you find what you wanted?

    Technology has moved since you posted your original question and if you have not got exactly what you need it may be available now.

    You do need to state what your flow rate is.

     

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  3. I see you were looking into this some time ago Dann Lee . Did you find what you were looking for?

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    1. At the moment its cstr and mbbr/ifas systems. 

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      1. Thank you for the update. From my experience CSTR followed by IFAS/MBBR is a reasonable answer; your calculations will tell you for certain. Important issues will be i) solids management and ii) the hydrolysis rate for your incoming solids. The two-stage process with a pre-acidification tank may be helpful for this. Good luck with your project, sounds like you are in a good direction.

  4. What is the flow rate?

    I can email you specifications on MBR plants that my company designs and manufactures.

    COD will be

  5. DTRO technology can be a good option for these type of parameters. Disc Type RO

  6. I agree with You - after all, new technology and the new that applies to their technology is better, so energy-efficient, resource-saving, innovative solution to the problem. Even compare footprint - the new technology is FIVE times smaller in size !!! is an achievement, so it will be less bulky equipment means fewer people will need to be maintained... And it is always easier and less expensive, means more cost effective means getting the most profit at the same rates. Or the ability to install the treatment equipment where the old equipment could not be placed. A decline in the sanitary protection zone ( we have it 700метров), 50 metres? 650 x 650 x 4 = 1 690 000 m2.- is not the saving of resources??? So the application of new technologies profitable in many positions and the one who finds own income and expenses should be interested in it. !!!

  7. you have to try new things.  if you continue to use old technology,  then you will get the same typical results and  the same cost profile.

    try a new system, that is guaranteed to cut your capex and opex profile.

     

     

  10. I think that you can to use Zumsil, contact to Felices Mungo 1-305-721-4858

    Miami USA.

    Beste Regards 

    Mario A. Osorio

  14. A high rate  anaerobic treatment  of  palm oil mill effluent  (POME) was achieved in a two-stage up-flow  anaerobic  sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. The acidogenic reactor acclimated rapidly to the  wastewater  and was tolerant to a suspended solids (SS) concentration of 5.4 g l−1 in the influent  wastewater . In the process of palm oil milling, effluent is generated through the sterilization of fresh oil palm fruit bunches, clarification of palm oil and from hydrocyclone operations. Discharge of palm oil mill wastewater without proper treatment will damage the environment by polluting water and causing a foul smell in the neighborhood of a factory. Continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTR) have also been studied for the treatment of palm oil mill effluent. Furthermore, biogas from the closed treatment system can be utilized as a fuel for electricity generation. This form of utilization of domestic natural resources will not only reduce the dependency on foreign fuel imports for electricity generation but also have a lower environmental impact.

     

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233391525_Polyhydroxyalkanoate_Synthesis_by_Recombinant_Escherichia_coli_JM109_Expressing_PHA_Biosynthesis_Genes_from_Comamonas_sp_EB172?ev=prf_pub

  15. Bio-digestor which uses anaerobic digestion process is the solution. This can be achieved using Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) or Complete Mixing process in a closed tank. Biogas generated can be used as fuel or for generation of electricity. If you were earlier using open anaerobic lagoon technology, you can get carbon credits. Earlier many CDM projects received financial support through UNFCCC. But the extent of economic benefits have been reduced at present.

  16. 12/1/2016

    Dear Dann:

    Our website WaterSmart  Environmental, Inc. contains more than 7,000 pages regarding the correct use of anaerobic digestion technology.  My recommendation consists of flying me to your country for the purpose of constructing a small (8 foot diameter x 20 feet tall stainless steel anaerobic digester that will produce methane gas and carbon dioxide gas identical to one's body.   My contact information is:

    Charles G. Steiner

    President and CEO

    WaterSmart Environmental, Inc.

    PO Box 26346

    Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66225-6346

    Phone: 913-703-5445

    Fax: 913-703-5445

    URL: www.freewaterindependence.com

     

     

  18. Hi Dann

    If you would like to contact me directly at phil@qairos.eu, I can give you plenty of information. 

    I worked extensively on the issues of POME in Malaysia. 

    Phil

  19. I think he wrote You that our technology allows to clean the drains with a large amount of fat with the possibility of rotation. When the PH rise to 6.5 to 6.8 . For what would You are convinced of efficiency of this technology invites You and Your partners in the enterprise with our current installation. Where You will be able to check the drains before and after treatment and to talk to the company operating this equipment.

    E-=mail TUMENTSEV@INBOXRU 

  20. Depending on volume output, & assuming no heavy metals or industrial chemicals, can one not just lead the water into nearby paddy fields? Perhaps using a number of local paddy fields as a "wetlands" that would allow aerobic bacteria to do their job & clarify the water & reduce the BOD, palm oil etc? However I am not a water expert. Water should not go straight into river as would kill fish, but could so after b ioremediation?

  21. Good day! For water purification in the production of palm oil, I would suggest :- put a filter that would reduce oil loss and at the same time would have dehydrated him. This occurs without the heat treatment process takes place by simple laminar fluid flow. Further stock I would have handled in the hydro-wave machine, clearing a drain, Bessarabia water for reuse of its use. If necessary, it will be possible to obsolete water without the use of reverse osmosis, new energy-efficient technologies. for the production of drinking water. The cost of desalination will not exceed 0.6 kW per 1m3. I misspoke and was not mistaken - 0,6 kW.

  22. Pak Dann,   would you like a risk free demo of the Biocleaner system?  very small foot print and very low opex.  its anaerobic/aerobic.  no sludge and no odor issue, the water becomes very clear.

     

     

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    1. I have worked with and seen this Biocleaner system that Eros talks about.  I have seen it eliminate odor on Hog Lagoons in one or two days.  I have seen it lower Nitrogen and Phosphorus and I have witnessed it reducing Sludge.

    2. Pak, I think your Biocleaner is more suitable for final polishing pond. I will study your system again.

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      1. no, Pak Dann.  our unit produces a lot of beneficial microbes and it also powers anaerobic systems...it enhances it in many ways..it eliminates the sludge, it breaks down hard COD, it makes things settle faster.   as aerobic, it saves a lot of power.  and it polishes very well.  let me know if you are interested, i can have my manager in Jakarta call you.  no risk to try.  We can even work on this with university of Indonesia.  

  23. Pre Treatment: DAF units ?, Caustic dosing

    Main Treatment: Anaerobic granular sludge system such as BIOPAQ-IC, BIOPAQ®UASBplus or BIOPAQ-AFR. The last one seems to be a good solution for this case due to the fatty nature of the wastewater.

    Post Treatment: Aerated activated sludge system

    Paques with a sales office in Kuala Lumpur can design and build a complete waste water treatment plant.

     

    Additional information would be nice:

    COD/BOD ratio, flow per day, flow per hour. Fluctuation in flow (kg COD) between peak and off season, Fluctuation in flow (Kg COD) between week and weekend days. Final effluent demands.

     

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    1. I have spoken to Veolia. UASB is not an option for palm oil mill effluent due to FOG content too high and the waste is recalcitrant with fiberous content such as tannin and lignin

  24. Hi Danny; It would be helpful if you can provide more data such as the the footprint available to you and the effluent's parameters. Also the end use of treated water, and the daily flow.

    I have done some work for olive oil squeezing entities which had almost the same in-fluent's parameters of yours.

    Best regards

  25. Hello Dann,

    As to answer your question: We convert Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) biologically to green energy: methane to replace fossil fuel in the steam boilers of the palm oil mills. This is the only truly sustainable technology producing far more energy than consumed for the complete treatment. Last-but-not-least our high-rate methane reactors have the smallest footprint. We designed such full-scale POME green energy plants in The Philippines and in Malaysia. If interested, I can send you more information via email.

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    1. My Client already have several offer with CSTR and covered lagoon system. They are wondering if we have smaller unit such as UASB, but i learnt that UASB is not appropriate for this kind of waste stream

       

  26. COD : 50000ppm

    Ideal for treatment of hardly decomposable components that can not be treated in biological treatment Features 1. Reduce COD component Reduce COD component Utilize strong oxidizing power by reaction between special filter medium and sodium hypochlorite,We will process it.2. Easy maintenance and maintenance Sludge and consumables are not generated, maintenance is easy.

     

    TSS : 20000ppm

    With sludge, raising TSS of treated water and turbidity, it becomes source of foaming.
    Fungicides,. Strong acids, strong alkalis, surfactants, sulfides, persistent substances etc.

    Cause: Drainage was treated with anaerobic adjustment tank or initial sedimentation tank due to the presence of high concentration of readily decomposable organic matter such as organic acid.

     

    FOG : 5000

    ?????

    PH : 4-5

    Hydrolysis of acetic acid
    Hydrolysis of salt
    Hydrolysis of esters
    Hydrothermal hydrolysis of starch
    Electrochemistry (Electrolysis)

    There is the above.

     

    Japan If it is Ebara, we are making a water purification plant so even if 100% is impossible I think that 90 can be reduced and discharge is possible.I can introduce.For one, the fish is alive.

     

     

     

     

  27. You may want to consider using the Archaea microbial group. Their basic function is to breakdown compounds into elemental form. These elements will become food for plant and animal life. (fish).  They have zero pathogenic properties. They never mutate.  They have a Zero foot print. . Restore soil fertility..   Only concern is the Ph. indicated. Archaea have  a range of 5.5 to 10.0 .

      The waste materials do not need to be transported. All done Insitu.  Clarification of request required.  No residue or waste. When complete water will be potable. Cost is % of a penny per gallon.  No machines, no secondary ponds, no transport  no waste free natural fertilizer, potable drinking water, and the waste microbial processing can collect electrons to make ,use, and store electricity.  Email or call anytime.

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  31. Yes we also have something to offer. But as other people requested below, we need to know the average hourly flow rate, the expected peak daily demand and available space.

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    1. The daily flowrate is about 700CUM/day we can build a buffer tank to cool and control PH, then feed them to the process. The probelm is that they are build on marsh land, hence the reason for small foot print. to reduce cost of piling

  33. Dann Lee , to better evaluate which technology can meet your demand, it is necessary to know the average hourly and daily flow and the available area. Do you also need to have in mind that, in general, compact solutions based on high load systems can bring to you high operational costs. This is a trade off point you need to consider in your assessment.

  35. I need to know more information concerning how large this operation is.  Our System can reduce the COD, the FOG and the TSS  drastically.  I need to know the size of the holding tank (or settling tank) and the HRT in that tank.  I can introduce a proven system which uses Aerobic Microbes and I can also introduce a combination system of both Aerobic and Anaerobic microbes.  The reduction will start immediately however the completing of the reduction depends on how much time we have to work with it.

    We can assure and guarantee of the reduction to an acceptable level.