Food processing resource recovery
AssigneeZentox Corporation
InventorsMichael Grady, Joe Phillips, William Baker, Sam Jaffe, Kathy L. Jaffe
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Abstract
A method of hydrolyzing peptide bonds in waste material from dissolved air flotation (DAF float) wastewater treatment systems is disclosed. The method according to the disclosure comprises controlling the pH of said DAF float; adding a lytic agent to said pH controlled DAF float; and incubating the lytic agent/DAF float mixture. The hydrolyzed peptide bonds allow for the cleaving of oil molecules from protein material thereby increasing oil extraction from wastewater streams.
Claims20
A method of hydrolyzing peptide bonds in the float from dissolved air flotation (DAF float) wastewater treatment systems, comprising:
- adding a lytic agent to said DAF float;
- and
- incubating the lytic agent/DAF float mixture.
A method of extracting oil in wastewater streams in food processing plants, comprising:
- creating a DAF float;
- controlling the pH of said DAF float;
- adding a lytic agent to said pH controlled DAF float;
- and
- incubating the lytic agent/DAF float mixture.
A method of treating wastewater from food processing plants, comprising:
- creating biological waste material;
- controlling the pH of said waste;
- adding a lytic agent to said pH controlled waste;
- and
- incubating the lytic agent/waste mixture.
A method of extracting oil from biological waste containing oil and protein, comprising:
- controlling the pH of said waste;
- and
- adding a lytic agent to said pH controlled waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.