UNIVERSITÉ PAUL CÉZANNE, AIX MARSEILLE III - IMEP
UNIVERSITÉ PAUL CÉZANNE, AIX MARSEILLE III - IMEP
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