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PENGARUH VARIASI SHEAR FORCE TERHADAP PERCEPATAN PEMBENTUKAN DAN KARAKTERISASI GRANULAR INDIGENOUS MICROALGAL-BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM (G-IMBC) DARI PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENT (POME)
The large production of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) causes a large amount of Palm Oil
Mill Effluent (POME) to be produced. POME contains high organic substances and
is rich in nutrients N, P, and K. Recently, One of the alternatives treatment used to
treat POME is using Granular Indigenous Microalgal-Bacterial Consortium (GIMBC), which is a microalgae-bacteria aggregate with a solid and compact
structure. G-IMBC has the advantage over other alternative treatments of being
able to degrade pollutants with high COD and total nitrogen loads simultaneously
in a short hydraulic retention time. The microalgae and bacteria used came from
POME in facultative ponds that had been pretreated first. This research aims to
study the effect of shear force variations on the acceleration of G-IMBC formation
and the reduction of COD and total nitrogen in POME using a photobioreactor.
This study used 3 shear force variations, namely PBR 1 (1.7 cm/s), PBR 2 (2.5
cm/s), and PBR 3 (3.4 cm/s). The optimum formation of G-IMBC occurred in PBR
3, on the 18th day with a granular diameter of 0.8-1 mm, VSS of 11.88 g/L, SVI5 of
32.7 mL/g, density of 3.1 g/mL, and high COD and total nitrogen removal
efficiency, namely 95.8% and 96.7%. Whereas in PBR 1 and PBR 2 the G-IMBC
formed was not as optimal as PBR 3. This is due to the higher shear force on the
formation of G-IMBC will increase the structure of G-IMBC formation, so that the
substrate removal is getting better.
Keywords: Granular Indigenous Microalgal-Bacterial Consortium (G-IMBC),
Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), shear force, COD, photobioreactor
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