Distillery wastewater from the bioethanol industry contains a high level of organic content which can be converted into biogas. However, presence toxic compounds in this could inhibit biogas production. Therefore, prior detoxification distillery is required. Fenton, one Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) methods, was selected due to its performance degrade pollutants, short reaction time, and pro...

Effluent ‘Coda’ originating from palmyrah toddy distillery units is the major source of environmental pollution in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka. Spent wash produced from distilleries is rich in organic material and characteristically less toxic. A research was carried out to find the optimal dilution factor of the effluent before discharge through construction of wet lands which is a new, e...

Kokuto-shochu is a traditional Japanese distilled liquor made from brown sugar. Kokuto-shochu distillery wastewater (KDW) contains high concentrations of organic compounds and brown pigments (called molasses pigments) which are hardly decolorized by general biological wastewater treatment. A fungus, Penicillium oxalicum d, which we isolated in a previous study, decolorizes 47% of the color from...

The focus of this report is directed towards the influence of transport properties of fermentation broth in degradation and decolorization of distillery spent wash using Cladosporium cladosporioides. Batch experiment was conducted in a bioreactor for 7 days with 250 rpm at 35 C under optimum bioprocess conditions maintained using control system. Results of the morphological analysis revealed th...

Distillery sludge application in degraded soils is amongst the most important economical resources for the soil fertility amelioration through improvement in soil water-holding capacity, texture, structure, nutrients retention, roots penetration, and reduction in soil acidity [1-3]. Presently due to the ever increasing number of sugar mills and distillery units in the country, it is now become ...

The paper is a review of some current practices in the treatment and disposal of the more important fermentation industry effluents. Reference is made to the production of whisky and other potable spirits, malt, beer, vinegar, yeast, cider, antibiotics and vitamins. The most important means of treating distillery effluents is by recovering the soluble and some insoluble material in the liquid r...