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Pectin And Alginate Extraction To Treat Liquid Cafo Manure, Clare Sunderman May 2021

Pectin And Alginate Extraction To Treat Liquid Cafo Manure, Clare Sunderman

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For this project, various extraction methods were used to extract pectin from Pastinaca Sativa and alginate from Macrocystis. These extractions were then dried and used in treating 250mL of manure along with a CaCl2 or FeCl3 coagulant. It was found that CaCl2 was not as effective as FeCl3 in coagulating manure. But the results obtained suggest that pectin and alginate obtained with a simpler extraction method is just as effective as the highly purified and refined pectin and alginate produced for the food industry, in the treatment of CAFO manure. The liquid portion of the …