UTILIZATION OF PALM OIL LIQUID
WASTE
AS A SUBSTRATE FOR THE GROWTH OF HYDROGEN-PRODUCING BACTERIA IN THE
FERMENTER
BACKGROUND
Palm oil is one of the plantation
products that produces enough
waste which includes solid waste
and liquid waste.
POME is a liquid brown palm oil
processing waste with a pH range of
4 to 5 (Najafpour, et al, 2006).
Biohydrogen is an alternative fuel
that is promising to be developed in
the future because it has many
advantages compared to fossil fuels
BENEFITS
Benefits The results of this study
are expected to add information
about bacteria that are able to
grow in POME and produce
hydrogen.  The hydrogen
producing bacteria can be
considered as a POME remodeling
agent that pollutes the
environment around the palm oil
processing industry.
METHODS
1. isolation of hydrogen
producing bacteria
2. selection of hydrogen-
producing bacterial isolates
3. POME fermentation
experiments by selected
bacteria for the formation of
hydrogen in the fermenter
PURPOSE
1. Utilize POME waste as a
growth substrate for hydrogen-
producing bacteria and obtain
bacterial isolates that are able to
grow in POME
2. Assess the ability
to grow H2-producing bacteria in
POME
3. Assess the effect of adding
straw on POME on the growth of
bacterial isolates forming H).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
Palm oil liquid waste (POME) is a growth substrate for three
heterotrophic bacteria isolated from anaerobic sludge to produce
H2 gas
H-producing bacterial isolates (Staphylococcus warneri B.LI,
Staphylococcus caprae B.L2 and Bacillus cereus B.L4)) are able to
grow in POME through an overhaul of POME organic material
aerobically producing dissolved organic acids which are then
further fermented by fermentative bacteria and  anacrob. 
Bacteria that are able to produce the highest H2 gas in the POME
substrate are Staphylococcus warneri (B.LI).
The formation of H2 by certain bacteria through fermentation is
influenced by the addition of other carbon sources (straw). 
Addition of 1% straw (v / v) to POME inhibits the degradative
activity of Staphylococcus