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US 6,372,145 B1Granted
Fat and protein removal from process streams
AssigneePower Engineering Company
InventorsBryon J. Tarbet, Robert D. Hancock, Jeffrey W. Zidek
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Abstract
The precipitation and removal of suspended fat and protein components and other suspended solids from a given solution can be accomplished by the addition of an aluminate to complex with the fat and protein components and the addition of a flocculating agent to flocculate the aluminate/fat and protein component complexes into insoluble particles capable of removal by conventional technology, which insoluble particles can be rendered to produce tallow.
Claims9
A method for removing COD created by fat and protein components from an aqueous dairy waste stream, said method comprising:
- adjusting said waste stream to a pH of between about 4.5 and 6.5;
- treating said waste stream with an aluminate wherein the aluminate treatment raises said pH from between about 4.5 and 6.5 to between about 5 and 10, and said pH is not reduced below 4.5 prior to treating with said aluminate;
- adding an anionic flocculating agent to said waste stream in order to form a plurality of insoluble flocculate particles which contain said fat and protein components;
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- removing said COD by separating at least a portion of said insoluble flocculate particles from said aqueous waste stream.
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