Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9600
+32 25889658
ISSN: 2155-9600
+32 25889658
Hesam Kamyab
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nutr Food Sci
Malaysia is considered as one of the major palm oil producers in the world. Therefore, it is important to develop an environmental friendly and economic method to treat palm oil mill effluent (POME). The main aim of this study was to investigate the potential of Lemna minor (L. minor) and Chlamydomonas incerta (C. incerta) with catalogue number (KR349061) for the bioremediation of POME in order to achieve higher water quality standard and further produce organic fertilizer. In this study, three different experiments were conducted by using L. minor, followed by addition of C. incerta and further combination of L. minor and C. incerta. The concentration of nitrate (NO3-), ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N), phosphate (PO4-P), Electrical Conductivity (EC) and salinity in produced fertilizer were measured and then they were compared with two current commercial fertilizers. Growth factors such as growth rates, average number of leaf and height of root of L. minor of plants were also determined. The results showed that the microalgae and macrophytes were able to remove only 4.4% of chemical organic demand (COD) whereas the maximum removal rate for NO3-, NH3-N and PO4-P were 12.5%, 11.3% and 70.47%, respectively. Also, the average differences of NO3-, NH3-N and PO4-P concentrations in produced fertilizer in comparison with two current commercial fertilizers were 95, 39.5 and 62.5 mg/g, respectively. The results of this study revealed that only L. minor was converted to fertilizer. This study elaborated that both L. minor and C. incerta are able to remove a part of organic pollutants and nutrients from POME.
He has completed his PhD at the age of 33 years in Faculty of Civil Engineering (Environmental Department), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 2016. He holds a Master in Bioscience and Bioengineering (Biotechnology), 2011 at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He was appointed as a visiting researcher from University Illinois Chicago (UIC) and postdoctoral studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He has a chair in IWA Emerging Water Leader (EWL). He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.