Research Article

Extraction of Oleic Acid from Moroccan Olive Mill Wastewater

Table 3

Characteristics of recovered oil from OMW.

ParametersValuesNorm CodexMethods

Acidity (%)3.397 0.3–1ISO 660 (determination of acid value and acidity)
Iodine index (g/100 g)82.1775–94ISO 3961 (determination of iodine value)
Peroxide index (meq O2/kg)11.26≤20–≤15ISO 3960 (determination of peroxide value)
Saponification index (mg KOH/g)189184–196ISO 3657 (determination of saponification value)
Refractive index ()1.46781.4677–1.4705ISO 6320 (determination of refractive index)