Extraction of Oleic Acid from Moroccan Olive Mill Wastewater

Table 1

The main physicochemical characteristics of Moroccan olive mill wastewater.

Parameters	Values
pH	4.7
Acidity (%)	1.3
FM (%)	1
SM (g/L)	0.5
EC (mS/cm)	18.7
COD (g O2/L)	84.1
BOD5 (g O2/L)	30
PP (g/L)	0.2
TNK (g N/L)	0.1
Chlorides (g/L)	5.1

FM: fat matter, SM: suspended matter, EC: electrical conductivity, COD: chemical oxygen demand, BOD₅: biochemical oxygen demand, PP: polyphenols, and TNK: total nitrogen Kjeldahl.