An Mp value of 5640 kg h1 was used to determine the composition
of the olive, husk, pâté and wastewater by sampling them
from the decanter during the experimental test. The process was
replicated three times.
To determine the water and oil contents, the procedure
described in Section 2.7 was used.
To determine the amount of rigid solids present, 200 g aliquots
of olive paste, pâté and wastewater were weighed and placed into
Imhoff cones to separate the soft solids from the rigid solids (i.e.,
pit fragments). The obtained pits were washed with hexane to
remove oil residues and then dried in a ventilated oven at 105 C
until a constant weight was reached.
The mass of soft solids was obtained by subtracting the masses
of oil, water and rigid solids from the sample weight (