Ponding system or land application techniques are widely used at industrial scale to treat
palm oil mill effluent (POME) prior to discharge to the environment. POME is considered as …

Indonesia is the world's largest palm oil producing country. The oil palm industry (plantation
and milling) generates large amounts of solid waste in the form of empty fruit bunches (EFB) …

Fruit peel, an abundant waste, represents a potential bio-resource to be converted into
useful materials instead of being dumped in landfill sites. Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is a …

Oil palm wastes (OPWs) are important biomass resources, and approximately 127 million
tons of OPWs are generated from the oil palm industry annually in Malaysia. The scientific …

This study reports a novel method using microwave vacuum pyrolysis combined with sodium-
potassium hydroxide mixture (NaOH-KOH) activation to produce highly porous activated …

In order to meet the growing demand for adsorbents to treat wastewater effectively, there has
been increased interest in using sustainable biomass feedstocks. In this present study, the …

The increase in the world's oil demand due to the rise of the global population urges more
research into the production of sustainable vegetable oilseeds, among which palm oil is the …

Numerous issues pertaining to palm oil mill effluents (POME), such as the release of high
level of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and other pollutants into the environment, have …

Grown only in humid tropical conditions, the palm tree provides high-quality oil essential for
cooking and personal care or biofuel in the energy sector. After the refining process, this …

The potential of bifunctional nanocatalysts obtained from waste palm kernel shell (PKS) was
investigated for one-step transesterification–esterification under mild conditions. State-of-the …