Microbe-Lift technology for palm oil mill

Pengelolaan limbah
PKS dengan kolam
remediasi
Uraian Kapasitas Persen
Air 2,35 ton 94%
Non-oil Solid 0,13 ton 5,2%
Minyak 0,02 ton 0,8%
Jumlah 2,5 ton 100%

Dalam memproduksi 1 ton CPO akan menghasilkan 2,5ton limbah cair.

Dengan kata lain, limbah cair adalah 50% dari proses TBS.

Komposisi limbah PKS

Parameter Raw effluent Baku mutu
Nilai rata rata
PH 4-5 6-9
Biologica Oxygen Demand (BOD) 25.000 mg/l <100 mg/l
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) 50.000 mg/l <350 mg/l
Total suspended solid (TSS) 20.000 mg/l < 250 mg/l
Total Nitrogen (TN) 650 mg/l <50 mg/l
Total Phosphate (TP) 120 mg/l -
Temperatur 70 C -
Minyak & lemak 10.000 mg/l <25 mg/l

Karakterstik limbah
 SLUDGE
PIT

MILL EFFLUENT Cooling pond

ACIDIFICATION
POND
Secondary anaerobik Primary
anaerobik Recycle to control PH

LIQUID
underflow

Kolam aerobik SEDIMENTATION overflow

POND

Process flow kolam limbah pks

Penurunan BOD dalam kolam
» Parameter yang sangat tinggi sehingga perlu
waktu retensi yang cukup panjang untuk
mencapai baku mutu
» Endapan lumpur dari solid konten di limbah
mengakibatkan terjadinya pendangkalan di
kolam
» Bau

Masalah masalah di
kolam limbah PKS
» Anaerobik removes COD by converting carbon
to methane gas CH4
» Aerobic treatment convert COD / Carbon into
CO2 and sludge. Hence we need enough oxygen
to removes the carbon

COD Removal
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS
There are four stages of anaerobic digestion:

» 1. Hydrolysis. to breakdown insoluble organic polymers such as carbohydrates and complex

organic compounds like lipids and make them available for other bacteria. During this
process, they are converted into simpler molecules like amino acids, sugar and fatty acids by
the actions of extra-cellular enzymes from hydrolytic micro organisms.

» 2. Acidogenesis. Further breakdown occurs. The hydrolysis products are fermented, forming
simpler organic compounds particularly  volatile fatty acids (VFA) and also producing
ammonia, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide as by-products.

» 3. Acetogenesis. The simple molecules from acidogenesis are further digested by acetogens
to produce carbon dioxide, hydrogen and mainly acetic acid.

» 4. Methanogenesis. During this process, the VFA are converted to methane, carbon dioxide
and water produced by methanogens. This proses, PH is very sensitive. Need to be above 6

Proses anaerobik
 Original level
Scum build
up

Sludge build
up Original Depth 4
m
Original Hydarulic
Retention time of 80 Approx 2m
days will be decrease
by half to 40 days

Typical Palm oil mill retention pond

 BOD
BOD Level HRT with HRT
Ponds w/o sludge Day sludge day
cooling pond 25.000 5 25.000 1
kolam pengasaman 20.000 5 20.000 5
kolam anaerobic primer 5.000 60 12.000 40
kolam anaerobic sekunder 2.000 35 8.000 17
kolam aerobic 150 20 2000 18
kolam pengendapan 100 10 1000 7
TOTAL HRT 135 84

Typical BOD level Change with Sludge build up

 Effluent from each pond

30000

25000

20000

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15000

10000
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Simulasi BOD
» Dredging » MicrobeLift
»  Opening new pond Bioremediation
˃ Expensive ˃ Cost Efficient
˃ Destroy environment ˃ Minimal Environment impact
˃ Require more area ˃ Reduce/ no disposal area
˃ Extensive labour cost ˃ Minimal labour
˃ Difficult logistic ˃ Easily mobilised and applied

What to do when water parameter

worsen?
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» BIOAUGMENTATION
˃ INTRODUCING NEW SPECIES OF HARD WORKING
NATURAL OCCURING BACTERIA TO DEGRADE WIDE
RANGE OF ORGANIC WASTE AND ODOR CAUSING
COMPOUND
» REMOVAL OF SLUDGE AND SCUM
˃ RESTORING THE PONDS SO THAT THE HYDRAULIC
RETENTION TIME GOES BACK TO ITS ORGINAL STATE

Microbe-Lift IND
 BEFORE AFTER

McrobeLift IND is being used to kick start seeding ponds in less than 2 months

Palm Oil Mill

PT NAM
 BEFORE

AFTER

MicrobeLift IND is used to revived a dead pond to a very active anearobic ponds with
bubbling biogas activities in 45 days after application

PKS NAM
test performed showed 1.5m of sludge is reduced to 50 cm of sludge in 3 months

PT NJ
» CCMO is a mini palm oil
mill with Process Pond No. Size HRT
capacity of 15ton/hr 1 cooling 3.500m3 17
which generate about 2 Acidification 3.500m3 17
150-200m3/day effluent 3 anaerobic 5.600m3 28

» Main problem almost no 4 anerobic 5.600m3 28

5 Aerobic 6.700m3 33
activity and hardened
Total 130 days
sludge in all the ponds.
» No more land to expand
the existing pond

CCMO
» Regime stated in May 2014
» Start dosing at pond 4 to restore the pond
» Recycle back from pond 4 to pond 2 to neutralise PH.
» Start dosing in the aerobic pond and add surface
aerator to speed up the biological process.

CCMO
 Before treatment may2014
October 2014. a lot of activity

January 2015: Very active pond with a lot of bubbles

CCMO Pond #2
CCMO Pond #4 May 2014
CCMO pond #4 October 2014
CCMO Pond #4 November 2014
CCMO Pond #4 January 2015
May 2014 October 2014

January 2015

CCMO Pond #5
• System Survey Form
– Identify problems to be solved and establish goals
– Define criteria for success

• Biological Treatment
– Designed to quantify goals and measure results

• System Management
– Review results to adjust & continue sustainable results

PlanetBiru Indonesia: Total system approach

» Pabrik:
˃ Kapasitas
˃ Sudah berapa lama operasi
˃ Masalah yg dihadapi

» Kondisi kolam:
˃ Parameter: PH, Temperatur, COD, BOD,
˃ Aktivitas kolam
˃ Endapan dan scum di kolam

» Design Kolam
˃ Outlet: Overflow atau underflow
˃ Apakah ada sirkulasi
˃ Apakah ada aerator yg cukup

Survey form
Terima kasih