Environmental issues and management in primary coffee processing

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 82, Issue 4 B, 2004, Pages 291-300

  Chanakya, H N ^a   De Alwis, A A P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Biogas recovery; Biomass immobilized bed reactor; Coffee wastewater; Wet coffee processing

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLAVORS; PLANT MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOGAS RECOVERY; BIOMASS IMMOBILIZED BED REACTOR; COFFEE WASTEWATER; WET COFFEE PROCESSING;

FOOD PROCESSING;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 3142714013     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758204323162319     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Aagaard, B.M., 1961, Recirculation of water in a coffee factory, Kenya Coffee, April.
2. Adams, M.R. and Dougan, J., 1987, Waste Products in Coffee, Vol 2, Clarke, R.J. and Macrae, R. (eds) (Elsevier Applied Science, London, UK).
3. Anonymous, Coffee research notes - methane plants, Kenya Coffee, 32: 113-114.
4. ASTRA, 2002a, A baseline study of wastewater treatment practices during coffee processing - a case study of four plantations, ASTRA Coffee Series Technical Report no. 3 (ASTRA, IISc, Bangalore, India).
5. ASTRA, 2002b, Performance of bioreactors for coffee effluents in Chikkamagalur Area: a case study of two estates, Coffee Series Technical Report no. 4 (ASTRA, IISc, Bangalore, India).
6. Babbu Reddy, D.R., Shivaprasad, P. and Naidu, R., 2001, Cost of production of robusta coffee in major growing regions of India, J Coffee Res, 29(1-2): 41-49.
7. Bello-Mendoza, R. and Castillo-Rivera, M.F., 1998, Start-up of an anaerobic hybrid (USAB/filter) reactor treating wastewater from a coffee processing plant, Anaerobe, 4(5): 219-225.
8. Boopathy, R., 1987, Inoculum source for anaerobic fermentation of coffee pulp, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 26: 588-594.
9. Boopathy, R., 1988, Metabolism of protein, carbohydrates and lipid during anaerobic fermentation of coffee pulp, J Coffee Res, 18(1): 1-22.
10. Bhoopathy, R. and Mariappan, M., 1984, Coffee pulp - a potential source of energy, J Coffee Res, 3: 108-116.
11. Bhoopathy, R., Mariappan, M. and Sunderasan, B.B., 1986, The C:N ratio and methane production of coffee pulp, J Coffee Res, 16(3-4): 47-66.
12. Brandon, T.W.E., 1949, Treatment and disposal of wastewater from processing coffee, E Afr Agric J, 17: 39-45.
13. Calle, H., 1957, Combustible methane gas from coffee pulp, Indian Coffee, 21: 208-209.
14. Calvert, K.C., 1997, The treatment of coffee processing wastewaters: the biogas option, Coffee Research Report no. 50 (Coffee Research Institute, Papua New Guinea).
15. Calzada, J.F., de Leon, O.R., de Arriola, M.C., de Miches, F., Rolz, C., de Leon, R. and Menchu, J.F., 1981, Biogas from coffee pulp, Biotechnol Lett, 3(12): 713-716.
16. Calzada, J.F., de Arriola, M.C., Castaneda, H.O., Godoy, J.E. and Rolz, C., 1984, Methane from coffee pulp juice: Experiments using polyurethane foam reactors, Biotechnol Lett, 6(6): 385-388.
17. Calzada, J.F., Garcia, R.A., Porres, C.A. and Rodz, C.E., 1989, Integrated utilization of coffee processing by products and wastes, in International Biosystems, Vol II, Wise, D.L. (ed) (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA), pp 41-51.
18. CCRI, 2000, Treatment of coffee effluent emanating from coffee processing unit, extension folder 19/2000 (Central Coffee Research Institute, Kamataka, India).
19. Chanakya, H.N., Srivastava, A.K. and Amita, A., 1998, High rate biomethanation using digested biomass as bacterial support, Curr Sci, 74: 77-81.
20. Chellamuthu, T., Madaswamy, M. and Gayathri, P., 2000, A note on performance evaluation of four-disc pulper for coffee, J Coffee Res, 28: 85-91.
21. Coulthard, J.L., 1979, Bioconversion systems for Papua New Guinea, Report 1-79 (Energy Planning Unit, DME, Papua New Guinea).
22. Damodaran, A., 2002, Conflict of trade-facilitating environmental regulations with biodiversity concerns: The case of coffee farming units in India, World Dev, 30(7): 1123-1135.
23. Dinsdale, R.M., Hawkes, F.R. and Hawkes, D.L., 1996, The mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of coffee waste containing coffee grounds, Water Res, 30: 371-377.
24. Dinsdale, R.M., Hawkes, F.R. and Hawkes, D.L., 1997, Comparison of mesophilic and thermophilic upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors treating instant coffee production wastewater, Water Res, 31: 163-169.
25. Fernandez, N. and Forster, C.F., 1994, Anaerobic digestion of a simulated coffee waste using thermophilic and mesophilic upflow filters, Process Safety Environ Prot, Trans IChemE, Pt B, 72(1): 15-20.
26. Gathuo, B., 1995, Anaerobic treatment of coffee wastes in Kenya, PhD thesis, Helsinki University of Technology.
27. Gathuo, B., Rantala, P. and Maatta, R., 1991, Coffee industry wastes, Water Sci Technol, 17(1): 53-60.
28. Kostenberg, D. and Marchaim, U., 1993, Anaerobic digestion and horticultural value of solid waste from manufacture of instant coffee, Environ Technol, 14: 973-980.
29. Maheswaran, A., 1988, WHO Report on the treatment of coffee and oil palm wastes in PNG, Report to the Bureau of Water Resources, March.
30. Monteverde, F. and Olguin, E.J., 1984, in Anaerobic Digestion and Carbohydrate Hydrolysis of Waste, Serriero, G.L., Feranti, M.P. and Naveau, H.E. (eds) (Elsevier, London, UK), pp 359-368.
31. Ponte, S., 2002, The 'Latte Revolution'? Regulation, markets and consumption in the global coffee chain, World Dev, 30(7): 1099-1122.
32. Rajabapaiah, P., Ramanayya, R., Mohan, S.R. and Reddy, A.K.N., 1979, Studies in biogas technology. 1. Performance of a conventional biogas digester, Proc Ind Acad Sci, C2: 357-369.
33. Ranganna, B., 2002, Simple ways to obtain quality beans, Coffee Week (Special Issue Indian International Coffee Festival): 24-26.
34. Shanmukhappa, R., Alvar, A.R.P. and Srinivasan, C.S., 1998, Water pollution by coffee processing units and its abatement, Indian Coffee, 62(10): 3-9.
35. Talbot, J.M., 1997, Where does your coffee dollar go? The division of income and surplus along the coffee commodity chain, Stud Comp Int Dev, 32(1): 56-91.
36. Tallontire, A., 2002, Challenges facing fair trade: which way now?, Small Enterprise Dev, 13(3): 12-24.
37. Viani, R., 1995, Coffee, in Uhlmann's Encyclopeadia of Industrial Chemistry, Vol A7, pp 315-339 (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany).
38. Wolcott, E.L., 2001, Coffee for a Better World (www.kspcsb.karnic.in).