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Biological treatment of distillery wastewater by application of the vermifiltration technology

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dc.contributor.author Manyuchi, Musaida Mercy
dc.contributor.author Mbohwa, Charles
dc.contributor.author Muzenda, Edison
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-03T06:57:44Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-03T06:57:44Z
dc.date.issued 2018-06
dc.identifier.citation Manyuchi, M., Mbohwa, C. and Muzenda, E. (2018) Biological treatment of distillery wastewater by application of the vermifiltration technology. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 25, 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajce.2017.12.002. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1026-9185
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.biust.ac.bw/handle/123456789/94
dc.description.abstract In this study distillery wastewater was treated using the vermifiltration technology in a bid to reduce downstream contamination by the effluent. 10 kg of Eisenia fetida earthworms were used as the vermifiltration media in a 0.5m 0.5m x 0.3m vermifiltration bed over a 40 h period cycle. The distillery effluent physicochemical parameters which included pH, total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), biological oxygen demand (BOD), total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS) and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) were measured every 5 days. The vermicompost which was produced as a result of the vermifiltration process's nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium composition was also determined. The distillery effluent pH changed from acidic to neutral whilst a decrease of 94.9% was observed for the TKN, 91.1% for the BOD, 91.9% for the TDS, 92.4% for the TSS and 89.4% for the COD upon treatment with vermifiltration. The vermicompost, a by-product of the vermifiltration process had a nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium composition of 1.87%, 0.87% and 0.66% respectively. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Institution of Chemical Engineers ,Published by Elsevier en_US
dc.subject Distillery effluent en_US
dc.subject Eisenia fetida en_US
dc.subject BOD en_US
dc.subject COD en_US
dc.subject TDS en_US
dc.subject TSS en_US
dc.subject Vermifiltration en_US
dc.subject Vermicompost en_US
dc.title Biological treatment of distillery wastewater by application of the vermifiltration technology en_US
dc.description.level phd en_US
dc.description.accessibility unrestricted en_US
dc.description.department cme en_US


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