@article{scholars14944,
       publisher = {Elsevier B.V.},
         journal = {Journal of Hazardous Materials},
           title = {Holistic process evaluation of non-conventional palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment technologies: A conceptual and comparative review},
            year = {2021},
             doi = {10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124964},
            note = {cited By 27},
          volume = {409},
        abstract = {Thriving oil palm agroindustry comes at a price of voluminous waste generation, with palm oil mill effluent (POME) as the most cumbersome waste due to its liquid state, high strength, and great discharge volume. In view of incompetent conventional ponding treatment, a voluminous number of publications on non-conventional POME treatments is filed in the Scopus database, mainly working on alternative or polishing POME treatments. In dearth of such comprehensive review, all the non-conventional POME treatments are rigorously reviewed in a conceptual and comparative manner. Herein, non-conventional POME treatments are sorted into the five major routes, viz. biological (bioconversions {\^a}?? aerobic/anaerobic biodegradation), physical (flotation \& membrane filtration), chemical (Fenton oxidation), physicochemical (photooxidation, steam reforming, coagulation-flocculation, adsorption, \& ultrasonication), and bioelectrochemical (microbial fuel cell) pathways. For aforementioned treatments, the constraints, pros, and cons are qualitatively and quantitatively (with compiled performance data) detailed to indicate their process maturity. Authors recommended (i) bioconversions, adsorption, and steam reforming as primary treatments, (ii) flotation and ultrasonication as pretreatments, (iii) Fenton oxidation, photooxidation, and membrane filtration as polishing treatments, and (iv) microbial fuel cell and coagulation-flocculation as pretreatment or polishing treatment. Life cycle assessments are required to evaluate the environmental, economic, and energy aspects of each process. {\^A}{\copyright} 2020 Elsevier B.V.},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85098989270&doi=10.1016\%2fj.jhazmat.2020.124964&partnerID=40&md5=817ed7e960fc0a5c8ce63847d83b19c3},
        keywords = {Biodegradation; Coagulation; Crude oil price; Effluent treatment; Effluents; Flocculation; Flotation; Life cycle; Microbial fuel cells; Microfiltration; Ostwald ripening; Oxidation; Photooxidation; Polishing; Steam reforming, Bio-electrochemical; Coagulation flocculation; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Membrane filtrations; Palm oil mill effluents; Primary treatment; Process Evaluation; Treatment technologies, Palm oil, coagulating agent; industrial effluent; palm oil, adsorption kinetics; anaerobic digestion; Article; biodegradation; biotransformation; comparative study; effluent; Elaeis; Fenton reaction; filtration; flocculation; flotation; life cycle assessment; microbial fuel cell; nonhuman; oxidation kinetics; palm oil mill effluent; photooxidation; physical chemistry; qualitative analysis; quantitative analysis; ultrasound; waste water management; water treatment; water vapor, Elaeis; Scopus},
          author = {Cheng, Y. W. and Chong, C. C. and Lam, M. K. and Ayoub, M. and Cheng, C. K. and Lim, J. W. and Yusup, S. and Tang, Y. and Bai, J.},
            issn = {03043894}
}