Recovery of Proteins and Chromium Complexes from Chromium – Containing Leather Waste (CCLW)

B. Gutti; F. Omotola; G. M. Ngala

Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment (Aug 2010)

Recovery of Proteins and Chromium Complexes from Chromium – Containing Leather Waste (CCLW)

B. Gutti,
F. Omotola,
G. M. Ngala

Affiliations

B. Gutti: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri. Nigeria
F. Omotola: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri. Nigeria
G. M. Ngala: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7
pp. 90 – 98

Abstract

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Chromium – Containing Leather Waste (CCLW) constitutes an environmental pollution problem to leather industries disposing the waste by landfill. The waste mainly consists of collagen and chromium III complexes. This work is a design of reactors to recover gelatin, polypeptides and chromium from CCLW. The results of the experiment shows that 68% of protein, based on dry weight of leather scraps, could be recovered. Three reactors with a total volume of 18 m3 was designed to handle 10,431 kg of waste generated from the tanning industries.

Published in Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment

ISSN: 2545-5818 (Online)
Publisher: University of Maiduguri
Country of publisher: Nigeria
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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