ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
The amount of food waste has been increasing every year. Food waste takes relativityhigh portion of domestic waste and we have much difficulty in treating it. Most of food wastes arelandfilled or incinerated after drying for the reduction of water content. The operation cost of thelandfill and the incineration are very high. To solve the landfill and the incineration problems inrecent years, the recycling of food waste was used by the methods of turning food waste into animalfood and fertilizer. Food wastes are compatible to be used as feedstock of the fermentation becausethey contain valuable nutrients. Among these situations, organic acids, which are effectively used ina variety of industrial processes, can be considered to be a high cost value-added products. Thepurpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of organic acid concentration using a MF/ROsystem. A MF/RO system was believed to be an effective one for the concentration of organic acidfrom food waste. Water quality of fermentation broth, MF permeate and RO retentate in terms ofconductivity, pH, electric conductivity, TS (Total solids), TDS (Total dissolved solids), CODcrconcentration, chloride ion concentration was examined as analytic items. pH of fermentation brothwas higher than that of MF permeate and RO retentate due to the concentration of organic acid. pHof RO retentate was about 4. Conductivity, TDS, CODCr and chloride ion of RO retentate wereabout 1.3, 1.3, 2.9, 4.5 times higher than that of fermentation broth, respectively and TS reducedabout 0.8 times. This may be ascribed to separate effectively the solid-liquid separation by MF andRO rejection. Consequently, a MF/RO system is believed to be applicable for the concentration oforganic acid from fermentation broth of food waste
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/18/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.569.281.pdf
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