ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND USES OF VINASSE-REVIEW
ARANSIOLA SESAN ABIODUN *
Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Onipaanu, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
FALADE NUREIN OLADIMEJI
Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Onipaanu, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
OBAGUNWA MONDAY PETER
Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Onipaanu, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
BABANIYI BABAFEMI RAPHAEL
Bioresources Development Centre, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Onipaanu, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Vinasse is the fluid waste material got from the fermentation procedure of alcohol refining, from crude materials, for example, maize, beet, molasses or juices of cassava, sugarcane, among others by the utilization of yeasts at a proportion of 12-15 liters for each liter of alcohol which has inorganic and organic loads. Vinasse is used in farming for cheap supplements sources, enhancing specialists and animal feed past the confinement of high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and aggregate dissolved salts content even after the toxin expulsion treatment. This substance has a low pH and high COD, which can bring about environmental desertification when unpredictably utilized as compost. Likewise, underground water pollution is being seen in a few districts.
Keywords: Vinasse, bioremediation, fermentation, pollution, molasses, ethanol