ADSORPTION OF HEAVY METALS IN

PETROLEUM WASTEWATER USING PALM OIL

MILL SLUDGE
OUTLINE
 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE

STUDY
 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
 MATERIALS
 METHODS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Palm oil mill sludge (POMS) is part of the composition of the
palm oil mill effluent POME, which is generally generated
from oil extraction.
POMS is a threat to the environment therefore, it requires a
proper designed technology to reduce these waste.

Metal toxicity has been a major concern to the environment

especially to human”s health. Therefore,it is vital to threat the
waste water before discharging into the river especially water
to be contributed to the people for usage purposes. Hence,
by resolving two of the problem which is the abundant and
illegal dumping of POMS and the metal toxicity it is by
reutilizing POMS for adsorption of the metals that involved
in the metal toxicity.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
 Disposal of POMS is the major source of
environmental pollution in many developing
countries such as Nigeria.

 Heavy metals disrupt metabolic function of

vital organs and glands such as the bone,
liver, heart,brain, kidney etc. hereby
hindering their biological function.
AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The objectives of study are shown as follows:
 To prepare palm oil mill sludge biochar for

adsorption purpose.
 To characterize petroleum waste water using

POMS
 To determine the adsorption capacity and

removal efficiency of heavy metals from

petroleum wastewater using POMS
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
 Contamination of aquatic systems is a serious
environmental isuue threfore developing efficient and
suitable adsorbent to remove heavy metals from
petroleum wastewater will reduce its toxicity and
improve the quality of water discharged to the
enviroment.

 Adsorption process being very simple, economical,

simple, effective and versatile has become the most
preferred methods for removal of toxic contaminants
fom wastewater as compared to other methods such
as coagulation, reverse osmosis
ultrafiltration,nanofiltration etc
 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This work covers the adsorption of heavy
metals in petroleum wastewater using POMS
as adsorbent. Though heavy metals originates
from other sources such as metal complex
dyes,fertilizers,mordants etc. This work will
be limited to the removal of heavy metals in
petroleum wastewater.
MATERIALS
 Palm oil mill sludge POMS
 Petroleum wastewater
 Zinc nitrate
 Copper sulphate
 Distilled water
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
 Samples collection
 Drying of POMS samples
 POMS preparation and modification
 Adsorption experiments
 Characterization
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