Treatment of Wine Distillery Wastewater: A Review with Emphasis on Anaerobic Membrane Reactors

  • X.L. Melamane Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
  • P.J. Strong Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
  • J.E. Burgess Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21548/28-1-1456

Abstract

This review summarises research efforts and case studies in the treatment of wine distillery wastewaters.
Experiences in treating wine distillery wastewaters can contribute to the field of oenology, as many oenologists are
concerned with the selection, efficiency and economy of their wastewaters. Characteristics of wastewaters from
different distilleries and various methods for treating these wastes are discussed. Wine distillery wastewaters are
strongly acidic, have a high chemical oxygen demand, high polyphenol content and are highly variable. Primary
attention is focused on the sustainable biological treatment of wine distillery wastewaters, mainly by energyefficient
anaerobic digestion in different reactor configurations from bench to pilot and full-scale treatment. Finally,
areas where further research and attention are required are identified.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Published
2016-12-13
Issue
Vol. 28 No. 1 (2007)
Section
Articles

A copyright form will be e-mailed to the corresponding author when the manuscript has been accepted for publication.

 

In principle, the Author agrees to the following when he/she signes the copyright agreement:

I hereby assign to the SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY FOR ENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE (SASEV) the copyright of the text, tables, figures, supplementary material, illustrations and other information (the Material) submitted with the manuscript to be published in SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE (SAJEV) (the "Article"). The copyright becomes effective from the date the Article has been accepted for publication in SAJEV.

 

This is an open access journal, and the authors and journal should be properly acknowledged, when works are cited.

Author's may use the publishers version for teaching purposes, in books, theses, dissertations, conferences and conference papers.

A copy of the authors' publishers version may also be hosted on the following websites:

  • Non-commercial personal webpage or blog.
  • Institutional webpage.
  • Authors Institutional Repository.

The following notice should accompany such a posting on the website: This is an electronic version of an article published in SAJEV, Volume XXX, number XXX, pages XXX - XXX, DOI.   Authors should also supply a hyperlink to the original paper or indicate where the original paper (www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajev/) may be found.

Authors publishers version, affiliated with the Stellenbosch University will be automatically deposited in the University's Institutional Repository SUNScholar.

Articles as a whole, may not be re-published with another journal.

The following license applies:

Attribution CC BY-NC-ND 4.0