A large beef processing facility located in the upper Midwest, operated by a leading global meat producer, implemented Kurita America’s feed-forward, approach using S.sensing CS technology that significantly increased incremental revenue and production capacity.
The client’s state-of-the-art, dissolved air flotation (DAF) system in their flagship beef processing plant could not consistently recover the level of fat, oil and grease (FOG) possible from the wastewater stream. One to two pounds of oil and grease harvested per animal was escaping the plant uncaptured. Unused oil and grease are viewed by the industry as lagoon contaminants. However, at the same time, it’s an opportunity to capture incremental revenue because recovered oil and grease can be sold as inedible tallow for profit.