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UNIVERSITÉ PAUL CÉZANNE, AIX MARSEILLE III - IMEP

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3. Results and discussion<br />

Résultats et discussion. Chapitre 5: Disponibilité des substrats oléicoles<br />

3.1. Waste balance in the model traditional mill and liquid retention capacity of olive<br />

cake<br />

Three different pressing of 600 kg of olives in such a mill produced in average 127 kg<br />

of olive oil, 220 kg of OMW (volumetric mass of 1.014 kg/L) and 253 kg of OC with an<br />

initial moisture of 35% (w/w). This gave a production ratio of 87 kg OMW / 100 kg OC.<br />

OMW absorbed<br />

(L/100 kg of OC<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Figure 2. Retention capacity of olive mill wastewater by crude olive cake at 25°C. Error bars<br />

represent standard deviation.<br />

Time (min)<br />

The kinetics of OMW absorption by OC, indicated that 60 min were necessary to<br />

completely saturate OC with OMW and that the maximum retention capacity of OC was of 62<br />

L of OMW / 100 kg of OC giving a final product with moisture of 56% (w/w) (Fig. 2). This<br />

means that the amount of OC generated by this type of mill was only sufficient to absorb<br />

around 72% of the OMW produced at the same site. The sole way, to absorb the remaining<br />

OMW without the need of adding extra exogenous absorbing material, would be to recover<br />

the original absorption capacity of OC or at least part of it. This may be achieved through<br />

partial drying of the OC-OMW mixture obtained and its reuse as new absorbing agent.<br />

Therefore, the objective to absorb all the OMW generated by a mill on the OC may then be<br />

only achieved by a two-step absorption-drying process<br />

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