Publication
of «Olive Processing Waste Management – Literature Review
and Patent Survey»
The second edition of the
above book has been published recently by ELSEVIER.
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on the frontpage to enlarge the book's back cover.
Summary: Olive
tree cultivation and olive fruit processing produce large
amounts of by-products, including pruning
and harvest residues and liquid and solid wastes arising from
olive oil extraction and the production of table olives. The
disposal without any treatment of the wastewaters, arising
mainly from the olive-mill and to a lesser degree from the
table olive industries, is known to cause serious
environmental problems. The problems
created in managing these wastes have been extensively
investigated during the last 50 years without finding a
solution which is technically feasible, economically viable
and socially acceptable. In more recent years, the olive
processing industries have come under increasing pressure from
the controlling authorities to find a disposal/recycling
system that meets present-day anti-pollution standards.
In spite of the serious environmental problems caused by
the olive processing wastewaters, there are only few reviews
in the literature and these are mostly partial in scope and
outdated. This book is the first comprehensive review to
appear on the subject of olive processing waste. The prior art
is critically and extensively reviewed –more than 1000
references are cited and commented upon. A substantial part of
the literature collection consists of patents. The book also
covers the results of archaeological research and includes
references of ancient authors on the use and the environmental
effects of olive-mill wastes since antiquity.
Emphasis has been given to olive-mill wastewater and to the
new by-product −known as alperujo in Spain−
generated by the two-phase extraction process. A separate
chapter is dedicated to the wastewaters (lye solutions and
brines) arising from the table olive processing.
Economic and legislative issues with regard to olive-mill
wastes are also presented.
Publisher:
Elsevier
ISBN:
0-08-044851-8
Format:
Book/Hardback
Pages: 514
Pub. date: 1
February 2006
For further details
and table of contents click here.
The
first edition of the above book had been published with
the name «Olive Mill Waste Management
– Literature Review and Patent Survey». It was financed by the programme
NAIAS
– Action 7.6 “Innovative Olive Mill Waste Management
Systems” supporting the work for the deliverable
P1 of the programme’s action.
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