Strategy for olive mill wastewater treatment and reuse with a sewage plant in an arid region

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Boukchina ◽  
E. Choi ◽  
S. Kim ◽  
Y.B. Yu ◽  
Y.J. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Aeration Tank ◽  
Ch4 Production ◽  
Sewage Plant ◽  
Treated Effluent ◽  
Similar Temperature ◽  
Olive Mill

This study was conducted to evaluate the treatability of OMW (olive mill wastewater) with sewage and sewage sludge, which could supplement nutrients and microbes required for OMW treatment and reduce its possible toxicity. The amount of OMW added to an aeration tank was based on the loading difference between the designed and actual COD loads, while the amount added to anaerobic digestion for energy recovery was determined by CH4 production. The COD removal efficiencies were 70–85% for both systems. Compost of OMW with dried sewage sludge also showed a similar temperature profile without OMW addition. This strongly suggested that OMW can be treated at a sewage plant without pretreatment and the treated effluent can be reused in irrigation for an arid region.

Improving biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge with a thermal dried mixture of food waste, cheese whey and olive mill wastewater

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 644-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.E. Maragkaki ◽  
I. Vasileiadis ◽  
M. Fountoulakis ◽  
A. Kyriakou ◽  
K. Lasaridi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Cheese Whey ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Olive Mill

scholarly journals Co-Composting of Various Residual Organic Waste and Olive Mill Wastewater for Organic Soil Amendments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafa Hassen ◽  
Bilel Hassen ◽  
Rim Werhani ◽  
Yassine Hidri ◽  
Abdennaceur Hassen
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Soil Amendments ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Municipal Solid Wastes ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
The One ◽  
Olive Mill

The valorization of different organic residues like municipal solid wastes, sewage sludge and olive mill wastewater is becoming more and more worrying in the different modern communities and is becoming relevant and crucial in terms of environmental preservation. The choice of the treatment technique should not be only from the point of view of economic profitability but, above all, must consider the efficiency of the treatment method. Thus, an attempt to remove polyphenols from olive mill wastewater would have a double interest: on the one hand, to solve a major environmental problem and to recover and valorize the olive mill wastewater for advanced applications in food processing and soil amendments. It is also interesting to think of associating two harmful wastes by co-composting such as sewage sludge-vegetable gardens, sewage sludge-municipal solid waste, and green wastes-olive mill wastewater…, to get a mixed compost of good physical–chemical and biological qualities useful for agricultural soil fertilization. Finally, in order to be more practical, we will describe specifically in this chapter a new variant of composting and co-composting technology intended for waste treatment that is very simple, inexpensive and easy to implement.

scholarly journals Technoeconomic Analysis of the Recovery of Phenols from Olive Mill Wastewater through Membrane Filtration and Resin Adsorption/Desorption

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2376
Author(s):  
Dimitris P. Zagklis ◽  
Costas S. Papageorgiou ◽  
Christakis A. Paraskeva
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Operational Cost ◽  
Equipment Cost ◽  
Fixed Capital Investment ◽  
Adsorption Desorption ◽  
Olive Mill

Olive mill wastewater is an important agro-industrial waste with no established treatment method. The authors have developed a phenol separation method that could potentially cover the treatment cost of the waste. The purpose of this study was to identify any economic hotspots in the process, the operational cost and examine the margin of profit for such a process. The equipment cost was scaled for different treatment capacities and then used to estimate the fixed capital investment and the yearly operational cost. The highest purchased equipment cost was identified for the membrane filtration system, while the cost for resin replacement was identified as the highest operational cost. The lifespan of the resin used in the adsorption step was identified as an economic hot spot for the process, with the phenols separation cost ranging from 0.84 to 13.6 €/g of phenols for a resin lifespan of 5–100 adsorption/desorption cycles. The lifespan of the resin proved to be the single most important aspect that determines the phenols separation cost. The price range that was calculated for the product of the process is very promising because of the typical value of antioxidants and the low concentration of phenols that are needed for food supplements and cosmetics.

Biocomposite spheres based on aluminum oxide dispersed with orange-peel powder for adsorption of phenol from batch membrane fraction of olive mill wastewater

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 100402
Author(s):  
Jacques Romain Njimou ◽  
John Godwin ◽  
Hugues Pahimi ◽  
S. Andrada Maicaneanu ◽  
Fridolin Kouatchie-Njeutcha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Oxide ◽  
Membrane Fraction ◽  
Orange Peel ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Olive Mill

scholarly journals Antioxidant Properties of Olive Mill Wastewater Polyphenolic Extracts on Human Endothelial and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 800
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Posadino ◽  
Annalisa Cossu ◽  
Roberta Giordo ◽  
Amalia Piscopo ◽  
Wael M Abdel-Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Olive Mill

This work aims to analyze the chemical and biological evaluation of two extracts obtained by olive mill wastewater (OMW), an olive oil processing byproduct. The exploitation of OMW is becoming an important aspect of development of the sustainable olive oil industry. Here we chemically and biologically evaluated one liquid (L) and one solid (S) extract obtained by liquid–liquid extraction followed by acidic hydrolysis (LLAC). Chemical characterization of the two extracts indicated that S has higher phenol content than L. Hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol were the more abundant phenols in both OMW extracts, with hydroxytyrosol significantly higher in S as compared to L. Both extracts failed to induce cell death when challenged with endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells in cell viability experiments. On the contrary, the higher extract dosages employed significantly affected cell metabolic activity, as indicated by the MTT tests. Their ability to counteract H2O2-induced oxidative stress and cell death was assessed to investigate potential antioxidant activities of the extracts. Fluorescence measurements obtained with the reactive oxygen species (ROS) probe H2DCF-DA indicated strong antioxidant activity of the two OMW extracts in both cell models, as indicated by the inhibition of H2O2-induced ROS generation and the counteraction of the oxidative-induced cell death. Our results indicate LLAC-obtained OMW extracts as a safe and useful source of valuable compounds harboring antioxidant activity.

scholarly journals Olive mill wastewater effects on durum wheat crop attributes and soil microbial activities: A pilot study in Syria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jehan Khalil ◽  
Hasan Habib ◽  
Michael Alabboud ◽  
Safwan Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Microbial Activities ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Olive Mill

AbstractOlive mill wastewater is one of the environmental problems in semiarid regions. The main goals of this study were to investigate the impacts of different olive mill wastewater levels on durum wheat (Triticum aestivum var. Douma1) production and soil microbial activities (i.e., bacteria and fungi). A pot experiment was conducted during the growing seasons 2015/2017 to evaluate the effect of three levels of olive mill wastewater on both growth and productivity attributes of wheat. Vertisol soil samples were collected from southern Syria. Two months before wheat cultivation, three levels of olive mill wastewater: T5 (5 L/m 2), T10 (10 L/m2) and T15 (15 L/m 2) were added to pots filled with the collected soil samples. Also, a control (T0) free of olive mill wastewater was considered as a reference. Results showed a significant increase (p < 0.05) in germination rate (%), plant height (cm), ear length (cm), kernels number, kernels weight per ear (g) and grain yield (g/m2) compared to control. However, T5 treatment did not induce a significant increase in terms of ear length, kernels weight per ear or yield (in the second season). On the other hand, T10 treatment had recorded the best results compared with the other two treatments (T5, T15). Similarly, the results showed a significant increase in the number of bacterial and fungi cells by increasing olive mill wastewater concentration. This research provides promising results toward using olive mill wastewater in an eco-friendly way under Syrian conditions.

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