Enhanced Biogas Production from Palm Oil Mill Effluent Supplemented with Untreated Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Biomass with a Change in the Microbial Community

Ahmad Amiruddin Mohd ALI; Mohd Huzairi Mohd ZAINUDIN; Azni IDRIS; Azhari Samsu BAHARUDDIN; Alawi SULAIMAN; Toru MATSUI; Noriko OSAKA; Hiroshi OSHIBE; Mohd Ali HASSAN; Yoshihito SHIRAI

doi:10.11301/jsfe.13.37

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Enhanced Biogas Production from Palm Oil Mill Effluent Supplemented with Untreated Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Biomass with a Change in the Microbial Community

Ahmad Amiruddin Mohd ALI, Mohd Huzairi Mohd ZAINUDIN, Azni IDRIS, Azhari Samsu BAHARUDDIN, Alawi SULAIMAN, Toru MATSUI, Noriko OSAKA, Hiroshi OSHIBE, Mohd Ali HASSAN, Yoshihito SHIRAI

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Ahmad Amiruddin Mohd ALI
Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Mohd Huzairi Mohd ZAINUDIN
Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Azni IDRIS
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Azhari Samsu BAHARUDDIN
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Alawi SULAIMAN
Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Toru MATSUI
Fundamental Technology Department, Technical Research Institute, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
Noriko OSAKA
Fundamental Technology Department, Technical Research Institute, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
Hiroshi OSHIBE
Fundamental Technology Department, Technical Research Institute, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
Mohd Ali HASSAN
Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Yoshihito SHIRAI
Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology

Keywords: Biogas, biomethane, microbial community, oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB), palm oil mill effluent (POME)

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2012 Volume 13 Issue 3 Pages 37-41

DOI https://doi.org/10.11301/jsfe.13.37

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Abstract

The biogas and biomethane production in a 50 litre closed stirred tank anaerobic bioreactor treating palm oil mill effluent (POME) supplemented with oil palm biomass in the form of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) under mesophilic condition was evaluated. With OPEFB supplementation, the biogas and biomethane generation increased by 63% and 52%, respectively. During this process, we found changes in the OPEFB morphology and microbial community through microbiota analysis using 16S rRNA gene clone library method, after OPEFB was added, suggesting that the increased biogas and biomethane production would be due to enhanced lignocellulosic biomass degradation.

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