Muhamad Wafi, Ahmad Musrab (2022) Production Of Liquid Organic Fertilizer From Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber Waste. Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah.
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Abstract
Malaysia is the second largest oil palm producer in the world and contribute more in oil palm industry. Inadequate palm oil waste management will result in serious environmental problems. Oil palm wastes discharged in the industry contain nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that are extremely beneficial to plants and have the potential to add value to fertilizer production. Natural resources or plants, such as oil palm, can be used to make organic fertilizers. Despite the fact that oil palm should be disposed of, the waste can be recycled into organic fertilizer. The purpose of this study were to determine the best formulation of liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) from oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber (OPEFBF) waste and to reduce the amount of oil palm produced in FGV Palm Industries Sdn Bhd. The OPEFBF waste was collected, and the waste was dried under hot sun for 2 days to achieve 10% of moisture content. Three formulations of LOF which are formulation A, formulation B and formulation C by using OPEFBF as main sample were prepared. All formulation were incubated for 14 days using anaerobic system. The three LOF formulations and commercial LOF were sent for nutrient analysis to check for Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (NPK) content by using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). All of the LOFs were analyzed for the total dissolve solid (TDS) and electrical conductivity (EC) using portable total dissolve solid and electrical conductivity meter. The results showed that commercial fertilizer obtained the highest NPK values and the lowest value in TDS and EC as compared to the three LOF formulations. This could be the ingredients used in production of commercial fertilizer were rich in nutrients content than the three LOF formulations. Formulation A on the other hand was almost on par with the commercial LOF as it was just slightly below commercial LOF. The NPK values for formulation A was in second after commercial fertilizer and it also slightly high in TDS and EC values compared to commercial fertilizer. In short, formulation A had been identified as the best formulation of LOF in this project.
| Item Type: | Undergraduates Project Papers |
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| Additional Information: | SV: Dr. Nadzirah binti Mohd Mokhtar |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | palm oil waste management |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Nik Ahmad Nasyrun Nik Abd Malik |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2024 04:41 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 04:41 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/41213 |
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