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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | A Programme for Reduction of Industrial Effluent in a Multi-Site Dairy Processing Company Mitchelstown, Co. Cork |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Aine Quinlan (IE) |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | Golden Vale PLC |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 52.39896, -8.57243 |
| Lead Funding Entity | LIFE |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/10/1993 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 31/12/1995 |
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| Project Keywords | Resource efficient; Industrial waste; Waste reduction; Food production |
| Project Abstract | The aims of this project were to address the environmental impacts from the processing of dairy products and to demonstrate the application and feasibility of different technologies. Overall, the project aims to minimise the generation of effluent at source, reduce the consumption of raw water and energy and the use of detergents and acids, and to minimise product losses during the processing operations. The project involved the implementation of a number of separate actions in two site locations: recovery of cooling water for general reuse from mechanical seals of processing equipment; alterations to clean in place centres to reduce losses and increase recovery of cleaning agents; recovery of evaporator condensate for boiler feed water and general plant cleaning; detection and subsequent recovery of fats from a waste stream and loss control of fats at source; application of infrasound technology to remove milk powder from a spray drier by a combination of optic sensing and drier underpressure control; recovery of backwash water from a water softening plant for reuse in yard and vehicle washing; installation of a local dedicated hot water system in place of a large centralised system for factory washing and cleaning. |