Performance Evaluation of Local Oil Palm Fibre Dried in Dark Environment for Bioremediation of Crude Oil Polluted Soil

Abstract

The research work was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of the oil palm fibre dried in dark environment for bioremediation of crude oil polluted loamy soil. Experimental analysis was conducted to examine the characteristics of the effectiveness of the oil palm fibre dried in dark environment on the degradation of the crude oil in loamy soil. Gas Chromatograph (GC) made of x-ray fluorescence spectrometer was used in the analysis of Elaeis Guineeensis for purpose to determine the possible elements present in the sampled for this research and the results obtained reveals the presence of the following elements Mg, P, Si, S, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn W, Au, Pb, Rb, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb are different energy level. In this research work, mathematical model of Michaelis Menten equation was used in the determination of the maximum specific rate of degradation of individual petroleum hydrocarbon and the dissociation constant or the equilibrium by the application of LineWeaver Burk Plot expressed in liner form. The results obtained revealed that the oil palm fibre dried in dark environment was found useful to improve the level of restoration of the polluted loamy soil as well as the model revered the rate of degradation of contaminant with time. The results of local oil palm fibre dried in dark environment revealed a deduction of 92.3%, of the pollutant within the interval of 0 to 34 days, indicating the reliability of the local oil palm fibre as good material for bioremediation of contaminants.

Keywords: Performance, evaluation, oil palm fibre, bioremediation, crude oil, polluted soil environment
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