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BILGE TANK [1 record]

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Record 1 1984-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
CONT

During the processing of olives, vegetable water or black liquor is obtained as a waste product. ... The black liquor always retains a proportion of oil, and in efficiently managed olive oil mills is not allowed to run to waste but flows into a series of intercommunicating decanting tanks, called settling or bilge tanks, or vats. In these vats, the oil collects on the surface of the water and is gathered during and after the processing of the olives.

Key term(s)
  • settling vat
  • bilge vat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
DEF

Bassin de décantation et de fermentation des margines qui libèrent ainsi les traces d'huile qu'elles retenaient encore.

Spanish

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