Organic Waste Recycling

46 Organic waste recycling: technology and management

Table 2.14 Wastewater characteristics of a sugar mill plant in U.S.A. (Oswald et al. 1973)

Parameter Units Value
Total nitrogen (N) mg/L 16.4
Chlorides mg/L 400 a
Sulfate mg/L 210
Alkalinity (CaCO 3 ) mg/L 538.0b
Phosphate (P) mg/L 3.4
Potassium mg/L 88.0c
BOD 5 (unfiltered) mg/L 930
COD (unfiltered) mg/L 1600
Suspended solids mg/L 1015
Dissolved solids mg/L 2209
Total solids mg/L 3224
Sugar mg/L 1.25
Dissolved oxygen mg/L 0
pH - 7.1
aBased on specific conductivity, bBy difference, cSingle values

Figure 2.7 Brewing process

Malting

Racking

Fermentation

Cooling

Brewing

Mashing

Grinder & Mixing Washing

Bottling or Kegging

Filtration / Carbonation