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UNIVERSITÉ PAUL CÉZANNE, AIX MARSEILLE III - IMEP

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

3.4. Effect of the amount of OC-OMW mixture to be dried and location in the<br />

greenhouse<br />

To test the impact of these two parameters on the drying efficiency, five different<br />

amounts (10 to 35 kg/m 2 ) of OC-OMW mixture were loaded on the trays located in the lower<br />

and upper part of the greenhouse. The mixtures were dried during 2 days. Their final moisture<br />

is shown in Figure 5. Without surprise, higher was the amount to dry and slower was the<br />

drying process resulting in a product with higher moisture after the same time of drying. In<br />

this particular case, only the lowest amount tested (10 kg fresh weight/m 2 ) could be dried up<br />

to 10% moisture during the length of the experiment. A slight difference of moisture could be<br />

observed among the products dried in the lower and upper trays, but the difference was<br />

statistically not significant (P=0.05).<br />

Moisture content (%)<br />

Sample<br />

Figure 5. Effect of the amount of OC-OMW mixture to be dried and of its location in the<br />

greenhouse, bottom ( ) and top ( ) on the final moisture of the substrate after drying for 2<br />

days. The initial moisture of the mixture was of 56% (w/w).<br />

3.5. Chemical characterization of dried crude OC and OC-OMW mixture<br />

Chemical analysis results for the dried crude OC and the dried OC-OMW mixture are<br />

presented in table 2. Statistical analysis (P=0.05) showed significant differences in pH, C, N,<br />

C/N and total phenols, but no significant difference in fat content. Incorporation of OMW into<br />

OC allowed to increase by 24% of the protein content in the mixture compared to dried crude<br />

OC which is considered as a poor material for animal feed (Martin Garcia et al., 2003).<br />

However, this was counterbalanced by total phenol content which was 5 times higher than<br />

that in the dried crude OC since phenols are known for their anti-digestive properties<br />

(Grabber, 2009). On the other hand, this converted the OC-OMW mixture into a good raw<br />

Thickness (kg .m- 2 )<br />

138

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