Chanakya, HN and Alwis, AAP De (2004) Environmental Issues and Management in Primary Coffee Processing. In: Process Safety And Environmental Protection, 82 (4). pp. 291-300.
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The paper examines the broader environmental issues and environmental management aspects of primary coffee processing in general and more specifically how it is addressed in India. Primary processing, the production of green beans from the coffee fruits, is practised to bring out more flavour. Coffee is an important global commodity, yet seen from a systemic view the producers and consumers of such all important commercial commodity are far apart. Primary coffee processing, with all its attendant environment impact, takes place at the producer end. The consumers in general are unaware of these impacts. The various methods of processing, the processing steps and the waste discharge associated with them are reviewed. A review of pollution and associated management methods is presented. An anaerobic bioreactor design developed and tested in a few Indian coffee plantations as a simple solution is also described.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Publication: | Process Safety And Environmental Protection |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier B.V. |
| Keywords: | wet coffee processing;coffee wastewater;biomass immobilized bed reactor;biogas recovery. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly ASTRA) |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Dec 2008 05:29 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Dec 2008 05:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/17587 |
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