fats oils and grease Articles
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FOG Degrader - Case Study
The images below show the degradation of fats, oils and greases by EnviroDEFENSE FOG Degrader in a wet well from a packing house. In one month, EnviroDEFENSE FOG Degrader removed more than 75% f the fats, oils and greases clogging the well and lines. Photo on the left shows the well before using Fog Degrader. The photo on the right shows the well one month after ...
By JBMbio.com
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Management of Fats Oil and Grease - FOG
Estimates reveal that FOG reaching the nations drains causes up to 75% of sewer blockages and related floods. The management of this waste stream is being taken increasingly seriously by the authorities, including Environmental Health Officers, The Environment Agency and the Water Companies. Not everyone is aware of their responsibilities with regard to this issue, what should be done about ...
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Removal of sludge deposits from the floor of a lagoon case study
Massive fat oil and grease sludge deposits on the floor of the lagoon were contaminating the lagoon in the following pictures. The depth of these deposits was such that they were protruding through the surface of the water. The customer required their removal. The surface aerator installed for the purposes of mixing and oxygenation can be seen in the picture. In order to deal with these deposits ...
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Foaming and filament reduction at a municipal wastewater treatment plant case study
Before Subject: Reducing foam and filaments at a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Product Applied: MICROCAT-DNTRF Fat, Oil and Grease Degrading Bioformula Objective: Reduce the filament infestation and foaming caused by excessive fat, oil and grease in the influent wastewater coming into the treatment plant. Treatment System: The municipal wastewater treament system is a conventional ...
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Brown and Caldwell Engineering San Diego, California - Case Study
BioCOPE’s product performed successfully in a rigorously controlled grease field test designed by Brown and Caldwell Engineering for the City of San Diego. When the pounds of Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) removed were divided by the cost of the products, BioCOPE’s score was three times higher than the other products tested. The total score was based on a mathematical formula ...
By BioCOPE Inc.
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Oil skimmers, inc. solutions guide: Slaughterhouse industry - Case study
For more than 20 years, J.W. Treuth & Sons Inc., a kosher slaughterhouse based in Baltimore County, MD, has used a Model 5H from Oil Skimmers Inc. to remove fats, oil and grease (FOG) from kill-floor wastewater. The company recently purchased a new skimmer to replace the original, which, according to Vernon Treuth Sr., he purchased to correct FOG violations — the amounts of fats, oil ...
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Caravan Park Waste Treatment Solution
Imagine that you, or a member of your maintenance team, had to get down on hands and knees and manually unblock the main kitchen drains because they had become clogged by a rather unpleasant mixture of fat, oil and grease. Then imagine that you had to do this every week. Apart from the rather unpleasant nature of this job, try also to imagine the cost involved, the disruption to the kitchen and ...
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The best solution to blocked drains caused by the build up of fat, oil and grease?
What is the most proactive solution for companies that need to combat the build-up of fat, oil and grease and end the costly problem of clearing blocked drains. It is estimated that fat, oil and grease causes approximately 75pc of blocked drains and related floods requiring the need to clear clogged drains. Despite the management of waste streams that can cause blocked drains being taken ...
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Mixing an 8X8 Foot Lift Station Wet Well - Case Study
The GridBee AP500 defeats grease problem in less than a month. Topics: portable, no moving parts, 316L stainless steel construction, AU-200 System Overview: This Municipality has several lift stations of differing dimensions which experience fat, oil and grease (FOG) build up. They were looking for a solution that was easily portable for use in different lift station wet wells across their ...
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Dairy
Problem: The Dairy Plant was experiencing difficulties with their waste activated treatment plant due to overloading. Solution: After a very successful trial, the customer installed a Hydrocal CAF to remove as much of the suspended solids, fats, oils and greases (up to 95 - 98%) as necessary to stabilize the biological plant. The CAF 25 and balance tank were installed prior to the waste ...
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Combined Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) - Performance Focus: Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) Reductio Case Study
In-PIpe Technology Company, Inc., drastically accelerates the natural degradation of fats, oil and grease (FOG) in the collection system, thereby removing blockages and occlusions from the pipe and significantly reducing the occurrence of FOG-related sewer overflows, as well as the requisite equipment and manpower required for the physical removal of these blockages. Since In-Pipe started ...
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Fat, oil and grease and the circular economy
Fat, oil and grease (FOG) is the collective name for the by-product of food cooking, such as vegetable oils, meats and dairy products, produced in quantity by food service establishments, such as restaurants, pubs and kitchens. Used cooking oil (yellow grease) is stored and collected separately from FOG (brown grease) the material from grease traps. In most countries, legislation is usually in ...
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Solutions for FOG Removal in the Food Industry: 10 Considerations
If you work in the food and beverage industry, you are likely familiar with the challenges that fat, oil and grease (FOG) buildup presents and the potential costly impact on your wastewater treatment processes and your bottom ...
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Infrared Analysis Reduces Regulatory Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) Testing Costs and Provides Fast Results
Wastewater professionals who are enforcing industrial effluent standards for fats, oil and grease (FOG) either must perform numerous gravimetric tests or spend a considerable amount of money with a contracted testing laboratory. Infrared analysis. using portable instruments such as the InfraCal TOG/TPH Analylzers -provides an alternative which will significantly reduce costs and save time. The ...
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CH#1138 - Anaerobic Digesters
Waste Type: Fats, oils and grease (FOG) in Anaerobic Digesters Problem: FOG waste poses a challenge for most municipal wastewater collection systems and treatment plants. Although fats, oils and grease will biodegrade in an anaerobic digester, high concentrations will tend to 'mat' on the sludge surface, lowering digestion efficiency. This Midwestern municipal facility was no different. The ...
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Removal of Fat, Oil, and Grease from Wastewater
On-site DAF and waste-to-energy systems can help you comply with discharge regulations and capture energy from wastewater A major challenge in wastewater treatment comes from fat, oil, and grease (FOG), a category that includes emulsions or solids composed of esters of glycerol, fatty acids, or triglycerides derived from animal or vegetable sources. Stubbornly insoluble in water, FOG floats on ...
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Semi-continuous mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of thermally pretreated scum
The objective of this study is to investigate the mesophilic, anaerobic, co-digestion of scum with thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) and primary sludge (PS). Observations of the reactor waste show that higher pretreatment temperatures assist in scum integration and appear to limit coagulation and separation effects associated with digesting fats, oils and greases. The 0.40 kg VS/m3 · d ...
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8 Critical Oil Removal Opportunities in Food Production (Free Guide)
Whether you are washing down farm equipment, transporting edible oils, cooking meat, or manufacturing food packaging, in each segment of the vast food and beverage industry there is a universal problem: fat, oil and grease (FOG) in wastewater. Without effective and efficient oil removal solutions in place, food and beverage companies can face increased costs for water treatment and discharge, ...
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Benefits of Grease Traps for Restaurant kitchens
Grease traps interceptors are composed mainly to solve the problem linked to grease retain under the drain pipes of the sink of kitchen. The amount of grease is more in restaurants kitchen or in commercial area kitchens as the foam load is no doubt in a great extent than residential ones. Grease trap for restaurant is proved to be a boom to retain big kitchens in a proper shape. They are mainly ...
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Useful tips to efficiently deal with waste fat, oils and grease
Waste fat, oils, and grease (FOG) are a huge problem. It doesn’t matter whether it’s industrial or domestic waste fats or oil, it all needs to be disposed of responsibly. There are already schemes that convert waste cooking oils and fats into eco-friendly B20 biodiesel. Transport for London is leading the way with 2,500 London buses running on B20, making theirs the cleanest bus ...
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