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Title: Fermentation system cuts BOD 90%, converts sugar wastes to ethanol

Journal Article · · Food Process.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6222065

A soft-drink bottler produced wastewater 70,000 gal/day with BOD 1240 ppm. Approximately 90-95% of all BOD is contributed from a 950 gal/day high-strength sugar wastewater. This wastewater is treated in a fermentation/distillation system to reduce BOD value by 90%; the treated effluent is then combined with the remaining wastewater stream to produce a total plant effluent of 240 ppm BOD with an overall BOD reduction of 80%.

Research Organization:
Hygeia Coca-Cola Bottling Co, USA
OSTI ID:
6222065
Journal Information:
Food Process.; (United States), Vol. 43:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English