BlueVap

Clear water and concentrate

The municipal wastewater plants in many countries normally refuse to accept black water effluent from olive oil extraction.

That’s why Alfa Laval has developed the BlueVap closed-loop thermal separation system specifically to deal with the challenging properties of such effluent flows. This eases the disposal burden on olive oil producers, as well as rolling back disposal costs.

The BlueVap system turns black water effluent into clear water that can safely be either used to irrigate fields or discharged to any appropriate local sewage plant, and a biodegradable concentrate that can be mixed with husk.

Pre-assembled and fully automatic

The BlueVap thermal separation system is a pre-assembled, fully automatic treatment set-up designed for the continuous processing of black water from olive oil production.

BlueVap features the most resilient evaporator technology currently available, based on Alfa Laval’s world-leading heat exchanger know-how. The system provides exceptional thermal efficiency combined with very low electricity consumption per kg of treated black water, resulting in remarkably low operating costs.

Black water (100%) before treatment with BlueVap

Clear water (80%) after treatment

Concentrate (20%) after treatment