Biological approaches for treatment of distillery wastewater: a review

D Pant, A Adholeya - Bioresource technology, 2007 - Elsevier
Effluent originating from distilleries known as spent wash leads to extensive soil and water
pollution. Elimination of pollutants and colour from distillery effluent is becoming increasingly …

Distillery spent wash: treatment technologies and potential applications

S Mohana, BK Acharya, D Madamwar - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Distillery spent wash is the unwanted residual liquid waste generated during alcohol
production and pollution caused by it is one of the most critical environmental issue. Despite …

Vinasses: characterization and treatments

E España-Gamboa, J Mijangos-Cortes… - Waste management …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The final products of the ethanol industry are alcoholic beverages, industrial ethanol and
biofuels. They are produced by the same production process, which includes fermentation …

EC and EF processes for the treatment of alcohol distillery wastewater

Y Yavuz - Separation and purification technology, 2007 - Elsevier
In this study, electrochemical treatment of alcohol distillery wastewater using iron electrode
with and without the presence of H2O2 was investigated. The effects of sodium sulfate …

Distillery wastewater: bioremediation approaches

Y Kharayat - Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The alcohol distilleries are growing extensively worldwide due to widespread industrial
applications of alcohol such as in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, beverages, food …

Evaluation of sugar-cane vinasse treated with Pleurotus sajor-caju utilizing aquatic organisms as toxicological indicators

LFR Ferreira, MM Aguiar, TG Messias… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Toxicity tests with aquatic organisms constitute an effective tool in the evaluation, prediction
and detection of the potential effect of pollutants from environmental samples in living …

Physicochemical treatment of distillery wastewater—a review

AK Prajapati, PK Chaudhari - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A distillery industry which represents an important segment of the world economy is amongst
the highly polluting industries after the paper industries. Spent wash (SW) generated from …

Microbiological treatment of distillery wastewater focusing on colorant decolorization and resource recovery: a review

A Kalra, A Gupta - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2023 - Springer
Wastewater generated from distillery industries is a matter of great concern due to its dark
brown color, high organic load and resistance to natural biodegradation. Therefore …

Evaluation of the treatability of a winery distillery (vinasse) wastewater by UASB, anoxic-aerobic UF-MBR and chemical precipitation/adsorption

L Petta, S De Gisi, P Casella, R Farina… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
A multi-stage pilot-scale treatment cycle consisting of an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket
reactor (UASB) followed by an anoxic-aerobic Ultra Filtration Membrane Bio Reactor (UF …

Pretreatment of vinasse from the sugar refinery industry under non-sterile conditions by Trametes versicolor in a fluidized bed bioreactor and its effect when coupled …

E España-Gamboa, T Vicent, X Font… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Background During hydrous ethanol production from the sugar refinery industry in Mexico,
vinasse is generated. Phenolic compounds and melanoidins contribute to its color and make …