Due to high potential of pollution risk of the untreated palm oil mill effluent (POME),
it can be treated and converted into methane gas and with a further conversion that
can produce into methanol. Previously, methanol is widely used in domestic and
industrial applications as a solvent. It has a unique characteristic, which are
colourless, flammable, volatile, odourless liquid that is readily miscible in water and
has boiling point approximately 64.5˚C. Nowadays, the methanol has more been used
in transportation and energy production. In future, it is predicted that the use of
methanol in fuel applications will generate a huge demand. This study targets to
design the process of transforming carbon dioxide, captured from the biogas through
anaerobic digestion into synthesizing the methanol with the aim to produce 200
tonnes of methanol per year. This expectation is due to several advantages offered
by the use of methanol, which less polluted to the environment, economically
attractive, less flammable, high performance with high calorific value and thus
become the focus of research nowadays
