wastewater from molasses processing contains a large amount of coloured substances that give a recalcitrant dark brown colour and high organic load to the effluent. photocatalytic decolourization of molasses wastewater was performed using titanium dioxide catalyst coated on the surface of south african natural zeolite using the solid-solid dispersion method. addition of hydrogen peroxide as an ...

A MIMO (multiple inputs and multiple outputs) fuzzy-logic-based model was developed to predict biogas and methane production rates in a pilot-scale 90-L mesophilic up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating molasses wastewater. Five input variables such as volumetric organic loading rate (OLR), volumetric total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD) removal rate (R(V)), influent alkalinity...

Rubber processing industry effluent represents a serious environmental pollution problem especially for underground and surface water. Wastewater collected from rubber processing industry was characterized for their pollution characteristics. Analysis showed that the biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), total s...

Anaerobic digestion of high-salinity wastewaters often results in process inhibition due to the susceptibility of the methanogenic archaea. The ability of the microbial community to deal with increased salinity levels is of high importance to ensure process perseverance or recovery after failure. The exact strategy of the microbial community to ensure process endurance is, however, often unknow...

In a period of 1 year, the volumetric ratio of wastewater from a cane molasses-based bio-ethanol distillery plant (CMBP) and a cane sugar mill (CSM) was monitored and shown to be 1:2. In order to evaluate the validity of mixing the two wastewaters, their biodegradability and methanogenic activity (MA) were measured under a fixed temperature of 35°C and fixed FM ratio of 0.5 (i.e., 2 g COD/l for...

alcohol production from molasses can lead to large amounts of wastewater that cause serious environmental concern. it is characterized with extremely high organic loading rate, high turbidity and dark brown color .composting this kind of wastewater is a biothermal aerobic process that during composting heat generated by the composition of the organic material reduces the moisture content of the...

Abstract This study aims to analyze the potential of molasses wastewater as a production medium for Bacillus cereus SN7 and B. consortium. The research was conducted experimentally using several strains such SN7, SP4, S5, Xmb051, BF2. Analysis carried out by growing consortium on liquid waste with added skim milk. In comparison, nutrient broth used positive control, sterile distilled water nega...