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Method of processing a cheese processing waste stream

US5714075A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 1996
Grant dateFeb 3, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC02F2103/327
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of processing a cheese processing waste stream generated in a cheese-making process, comprising: PA1 i) contacting a cheese processing waste stream with an anion exchange resin under conditions to allow negatively charged materials to be absorbed onto said anion exchange resin; PA1 ii) removing said anion exchange resin from said cheese processing waste stream and eluting said anion exchange resin with an aqueous solution of a lithium salt to produce an eluent; PA1 iii) concentrating said eluent to form a solid comprising a lithium salt and a lithium salt of a cheese processing waste; and PA1 iv) washing said solid with an organic solvent, dissolving said lithium salt and leaving said lithium salt of a cheese processing waste as a solid.

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