ATHENEA Operational Group: Utilization and improvement of the quality of brine produced by the olive industry
- Type Operational group
- Status In progress
- Execution 2024 -2027
- Assigned Budget 595.436,00 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Extremadura
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2023-2027
- Project website GO ATHENEA
Abstract
The brine-focused project contributes to promoting the circular economy by creating a circular system for the valorisation and use of waste.
Description
The project's activities and results allow for the viable use of olive industry derivatives (brines, lyes, and organic products) for livestock feed.
Description of activities
- Literature search on the production and reuse of bleach, followed by analysis and neutralization of samples with hydrochloric acid to convert them into brine.
- A flowchart and industrial equipment will be designed, a prototype will be developed, and large-scale testing will be conducted.
- Testing absorbent resins to decolorize brown brine, designing equipment and an industrial flow diagram.
- Development of a prototype and industrial testing will be carried out, with necessary analysis and adjustments, establishing a protocol for brine conditioning and its use in olive fermentation.
- Characterization of olive leaves and pitted olive pomace, designing silage formulations.
- Trials will be conducted on sheep and lambs, producing industrial silage and analyzing their nutrition.
- Production of complementary concentrates and control feeds, evaluating the influence of polyphenols on sheep immunity and producing nutritional cubes with quality controls.
- Analysis of polyphenols in olive waters and their application in animal feed.
- Obtaining and analyzing water samples, conducting pilot tests for polyphenol separation, and defining an industrial protocol.
- Large-scale polyphenol recovery and lamb fattening feed design will be carried out, with intensive fattening trials and nutritional and particle size analysis.
- Evaluation of commercial data and the influence of polyphenols on lamb immunity, meat quality, and shelf life.
- Promotion and dissemination of project results through the launch.
Objectives
Contribute to the promotion of the circular economy by creating a circular system for the recovery and utilization of waste such as brines, lyes, and organic products derived from the olive industry.
Results
- Neutralization of waters rich in NaOH (lyes) by reaction with HCl until total conversion into NaCl (brines).
- Clarification of brown brines with adsorption resins and reuse in fermentation and shipping.
- Obtaining an innovative method for using organic matter from the olive industry that is viable for livestock feed.
- Utilization of olive leaves and pitted olive pomace for silage intended for animal feed.
- Obtaining polyphenols from waste resulting from the washing of absorbent resins used in brine clarification.
- Use of the obtained polyphenols in animal feed.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: CITOLIVA FOUNDATION
- Postal address: Sierra Morena Street, CTSA Building, Geolit Park, Mengibar (Jaen). Postal Code: 23620
- Coordinator/entity email: CCAPISCO@CITOLIVA.ES
- Telephone: 953221130
Coordinators
- FUNDACIÓN CITOLIVA
Beneficiaries
- FUNDACIÓN CITOLIVA
Outsourced
- HERAL ENOLOGÍA S.L.
- FRUYPER S.A.
- VIÑAOLIVA
- Agroalimentaria Manchega de Biotecnología, S.L. (AMBiotec Solutions)
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