Fermentation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent in the Presence of <i>Lysinibacillus</i> sp. LC 556247 to Produce Alternative Biomass Fuel

A bacterial strain, identified as <i>Lysinibacillus</i> sp. LC 556247 POME, was isolated from palm oil mill effluent (POME). The present article highlights the potential utilization of POME as a sole fermentation medium by <i>Lysinibacillus</i> sp. LC 556247 to produce biomas...

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Autores principales: Sharifah Mohammad, Siti Baidurah, Naofumi Kamimura, Seitaro Matsuda, Nurul Alia Syufina Abu Bakar, Nik Nur Izzati Muhamad, Aizat Hisham Ahmad, Debbie Dominic, Takaomi Kobayashi
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/7f48192f5c8644249a2680754587e590
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Sumario:A bacterial strain, identified as <i>Lysinibacillus</i> sp. LC 556247 POME, was isolated from palm oil mill effluent (POME). The present article highlights the potential utilization of POME as a sole fermentation medium by <i>Lysinibacillus</i> sp. LC 556247 to produce biomass fuel via aerobic fermentation. The fermentation was performed in a shake flask with a working volume of 300 mL, agitated at 180 rpm, incubated at 35 ± 2 °C for various fermentation hours, ranging from 1, 2, 3, 4, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 h, and was followed by a drying process. Elucidation of the POME characteristics, calorific energy values (CEV), moisture content (MC), oil and grease content, chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO), total suspended solids (TSS), pH, total nitrogen, and the colony-forming unit (CFU) were performed. The results demonstrate that the highest CEV, of 21.25 ± 0.19 MJ/kg, was obtained at 48 h fermentation. High amounts of extractable oil and nitrogen content were retrieved at the highest CEV reading of the fermented and dried POME samples, which were 17.95 ± 0.02% and 12.80 ± 0.08%, respectively. The maximum removal efficiencies for the COD (50.83%), the BOD (71.73%), and the TSS (42.99%) were achieved at 120 h of fermentation, with an operating pH ranging from 4.49–4.54. The XRF analysis reveals that the fermented and dried products consisted of elements that had a high amount of carbon and potassium, and a significantly low amount of silica, which is sufficient for the effective burning of biomass fuel in the boiler.