title: A new process for the management of olive oil mill waste water and recovery of natural antioxidants.
abstract: The high polyphenol content of the wastewater is the major environmental problem caused by the olive mills. A pilot scale system for the treatment of the olive oil mills wastewater was developed aiming at the recovery of high added value-contained polyphenols and the reduction of the environmental problems. The treatment system consists of three main successive sections: The first one includes successive filtration stages aiming at the gradual reduction of the wastewater suspended solids up to a limit of 25 microm. The second section includes passing of the filtered wastewater through a series of adsorbent resins (XAD16 and XAD7HP) in order to achieve the de-odoring and decolorization of the wastewater and the removal/ recovery of the polyphenol and lactone content. The third section of the procedure includes the thermal evaporation and recovery of the organic solvents mixture, which has been used in the resin regeneration process, and finally the separation of the polyphenols and other organic substance contents using fast centrifuge partition chromatography. The final outcome of the whole procedure is (i) an odorless yellowish wastewater with a 99.99% reduced content in polyphenols and 98% reduced COD, (ii) an extract rich in polyphenols and lactones with high antioxidant activity and high added value, (iii) an extract containing the coloring substances of the olive fruit, and (iv) pure hydroxytyrosol.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 157 71 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agalias
authors.forename: Prokopios
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magiatis
authors.forename: Alexios-Leandros
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Skaltsounis
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mikros
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsarbopoulos
authors.forename: Evagelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gikas
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spanos
authors.forename: Thrasyvoulos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Manios
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D007783:Lactones / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010636:Phenols / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010938:Plant Oils; D059808:Polyphenols; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005419:Flavonoids; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007783:Lactones; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010636:Phenols; D010938:Plant Oils; D059808:Polyphenols; D014867:Water; C005975:3,4-dihydroxyphenylethanol; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol