PROIMI   05436
PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLOGICOS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Fungal Technology Applied to Distillery Effluents Treatment
Autor/es:
DEL GOBBO LUCIANA MELISA; COLIN VERÓNICA LETICIA
Libro:
Approaches in bioremediation: The New Era of Environmental Microbiology and Nanobiotechnology
Editorial:
Springer
Referencias:
Año: 2018; p. 185 - 197
Resumen:
The Northwest of Argentina has numerous sugar industries and about 99.5% of the total sugar production is concentrated in the provinces of Tucumán, Salta, and Jujuy. Integrated sugarcane factories (sugar mills coupled to a bioethanol distillery) are common in our country. The liquid fraction generated from rectification and distillation operations of bioethanol, known as vinasse, is not itself a hazardous waste, but because of its complex composition, it is considered potentially dangerous. The province of Tucumán has achieved a substantial improvement with regard to the vinasse spills onto watercourses near sugar-alcohol industries. However, millions of liters of effluent are annually accumulated in open-pit pools to the limit of their capacity, threatening the sustainability of the ecosystem. A variety of physicochemical and microbiological technologies is continually evaluated to mitigate the environmental impact of vinasse. However, microbiological conditioning of distillery effluents has been reported as effective and eco-friendly. Particularly, fungal technology has made great contributions to the treatment of vinasse since fungi possess an extraordinary ability to digest complex waste materials. Additionally, fungus-based processes offer the possibility to obtain value-added products from waste materials. The present chapter provides an overview of the current scope of fungal technology applied for treatment of vinasse. Additionally, are discussed the first advances on the potential of an autochthonous fungus strain to degrade a local sugarcane vinasse sample.