Membrane‐Filtered Olive Mill Wastewater: Quality Assessment of the Dried Phenolic‐Rich Fraction
2016
Sedej, Ivana | Milczarek, Rebecca | Wang, Selina C. | Sheng, Runqi | Avena‐Bustillos, Roberto | Dao, Lan | Takeoka, Gary
A current trend in olive mill wastewater (OMWW) management is to not only decrease environmental pollution but also to extract and utilize valuable by‐products. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to explore different techniques for drying a phenolic‐rich membrane filtration fraction of OMWW and compare the techniques in terms of the dried product quality and feasibility of the process. The OMWW from 2 (3‐phase and 2‐phase) California mills was subjected to a 2‐step membrane filtration process using a novel vibratory system. The reverse osmosis retentate (RO‐R) is a phenolic‐rich coproduct stream, and the reverse osmosis permeate is a near‐pure water stream that could be recycled into the milling process. Spray‐, freeze‐, and infrared‐drying were applied to obtain solid material from the RO‐R. Drying of the RO‐R was made possible only with addition of 10% maltodextrin as a carrier. The total soluble phenolics in dried RO‐R were in the range 0.15 to 0.58 mg gallic acid equivalents/g of dry weight for 2‐phase RO‐R, and 1.38 to 2.17 mg gallic acid equivalents/g of dry weight for the 3‐phase RO‐R. Spray‐dried RO‐R from 3‐phase OMWW showed remarkable antioxidant activity. Protocatechuic acid, tyrosol, vanillic acid, and p‐coumaric acid were quantified in all dried RO‐R, whereas 3‐hydroxytyrosol was found in 3‐phase dried RO‐R. This combination of separation and drying technologies helps to add value and shelf‐stability to an olive oil by‐product and increase environmental sustainability of its production.
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