Treatment of Fruit Juice Waste Water
Large volumes of fresh water are required for cleaning the fruit, pipework, storage tanks and bottles. Mechanical separation technology from GEA Westfalia Separator provides a range of benefits for treating waste water in fruit juice production and achieves excellent results due to its closed design and high dewatering capacity.
Numerous substances are retained in the wash water during the cleaning of pipework and storage tanks. Many valuable organic substances (fruit residues with a high sugar content) have to be separated because fermentation would otherwise start very easily. Residues of chemical substances (insecticides) from cultivation and residues from the production process also have to be removed completely. This means that the wash water has to be treated thoroughly because it cannot be discharged into the sewerage system in this state. Mechanical separation of the solids with modern technology from GEA Westfalia Separator is the ideal solution.
Waste water treatment in fruit juice production
After straining and biological pre-clarification in activation tanks, decanters thicken the residual sludge and the volume of the sludge is reduced; the discharged solids are of a crumbly consistency and can be disposed of inexpensively. The treated water can be recycled into the cleaning cycle or discharged into the sewerage system in an environmentally friendly manner. The volume of fresh water consumed is reduced, resources are used efficiently and energy costs are lowered. In this way, decanters from GEA Westfalia Separator make a major and inexpensive contribution towards ensuring that everything is in its rightful place: the vitamins in the juice, and clean water in the cycle of nature.