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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Maximisation of material recovery and minimisation of utility usage in Caesin and whey production |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | John O'Sullivan (IE) |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | North Kerry Milk Products Ltd. |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 52.26680, -9.70993 |
| Lead Funding Entity | LIFE |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/04/1994 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 31/12/1996 |
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| Project Keywords | Waste effluent; Waste reduction; Liquid recovery; Economic benefits |
| Project Abstract | This project addresses waste and effluent from the production of casein and whey. It aims to minimise the quantiity of materials not recovered as product and which has to be treated in a waste treatment plant or disposed of off site. It also aims to minimise the use of utilities in the production process. The specific actions which will be undertaken include: producing a global mass balance where all product is accounted for in order to highlight areas of loss; recovering mother liquor (by product of lactose production) and avoiding its disposal off site as a waste product; reducing the amount of mains water required for washing casein curd thus making it economic to recover this waste stream and avoiding its present disposal to the waste treatment plant; reducing losses in the demineralisation plant by 50%; quantifying and reducing losses from evaporators; avoiding silo and valve losses by transfering products between processes without storage. |