Palm Oil Mill Process & Waste Water Effluent

Properties of raw effluent from palm oil milling process :

• pH - 4.1
• BOD - 25,000 mg/L
• COD - 53,630 mg/L
• Total Solids - 43,635 mg/L
• Suspended Solids - 19,020 mg/L
• Volatile Solids - 36,515 mg/L
• Ammoniacal Nitrogen - 35 mg/L
• Total Nitrogen - 770 mg/L
• Oil and Grease - 8,370 mg/L

Example :

• Milling capacity - 1 MT FFB / hr
• Effluent Generation Rate - 1,000 kg / hr
• Flow rate of Effluent - 1 m3 / hr
• Rate of aerobic Biosolids produced - 39.24 kg
• Organic loading rate (0.3 kg BOD / m3 / Day) - 7.2 kg