Implications of stillage land disposal: a critical review on the impacts of fertigation

LT Fuess, ML Garcia - Journal of environmental management, 2014 - Elsevier
Stillage is the main wastewater from ethanol production, generated specifically in the step of
distillation. Regardless the feedstock, stillage contains high concentrations of organic matter …

Vinasse from sugarcane ethanol production: better treatment or better utilization?

CE Rodrigues Reis, B Hu - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ethanol production from sugarcane in Brazil is a well-established industry, with relatively
simple operations and high yield. The ethanol primarily serves as a renewable fuel blending …

Effects of temperature, pH, and C/N ratio of sugarcane wastewater processing (vinasse) on Phormidium autumnale heterotrophic cultivation

TG Visentin, BM Guimarães, RG Bastos - Algal Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Agro-industrial wastewater treatment processes using microalgae have been attractive due
to high commercial-value biomass obtainment and contaminant removal efficiency …

Fertirrigation with sugarcane vinasse: Foreseeing potential impacts on soil and water resources through vinasse characterization

LT Fuess, IJ Rodrigues, ML Garcia - Journal of Environmental …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reports the characterization of the polluting potential of sugarcane vinasse, the
main wastewater from ethanol production. Compositional data from vinasse samples …

Designing full-scale biodigestion plants for the treatment of vinasse in sugarcane biorefineries: how phase separation and alkalinization impact biogas and electricity …

LT Fuess, MM de Araújo Júnior, ML Garcia… - … Research and Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the most suitable approach for the management of vinasse in
sugarcane distilleries because both environmental adequacy and bioenergy recovery could …

Pros and cons of fertirrigation with in natura sugarcane vinasse: Do improvements in soil fertility offset environmental and bioenergy losses?

LT Fuess, ME Altoé, MC Felipe, ML Garcia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Managing vinasse in sugarcane biorefineries currently raises a direct debate between
traditional industrialists of the sucro-energy sector and researchers. While the first group …

Biodegradability of diesel and biodiesel blends

AP Mariano, RC Tomasella, LM De Oliveira… - African Journal of …, 2008 - ajol.info
Biodegradability of diesel and biodiesel blends Page 1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol.
7 (9), pp. 1323-1328, 2 May, 2008 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB …

Exploring potentials for bioresource and bioenergy recovery from vinasse, the “new” protagonist in Brazilian sugarcane biorefineries

LT Fuess, PNL Lens, ML Garcia, M Zaiat - Biomass, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vinasse management in biorefineries bears a burden for sugarcane industries. Despite its
high potassium-related fertilizer potential, a series of negative environmental impacts is …

Environmental and energy assessment of the substitution of chemical fertilizers for industrial wastes of ethanol production in sugarcane cultivation in Brazil

CCS Moore, AR Nogueira, L Kulay - The International Journal of Life …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Vinasse and filter cake are residues of bioethanol processing that are used to be
recycled as fertilizers in sugarcane plantation. Studies related to the environmental …

Integration of microbial biodiesel and bioethanol industries through utilization of vinasse as substrate for oleaginous fungi

CER Reis, AKF Carvalho, HBS Bento… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main aim of this work was to assess a conceptual strategy of submerged pelletized
growth of Mucor circinelloides in sugarcane vinasse under different conditions aiming at the …