Winery Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Current Trends and Future Perspective

The water footprint of wineries is typically more than 1 L water/L wine. In the European context, this annually equals to over a hundred million hectoliters of water, most of which eventually become wastewater. The winery wastewater is known to have high organic loads, most frequently quantified by...

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Main Authors: Václav Miklas, Michal Touš, Marta Miklasová, Vítezslav Máša, David Hornák
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2022-09-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/12698
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author Václav Miklas
Michal Touš
Marta Miklasová
Vítezslav Máša
David Hornák
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description The water footprint of wineries is typically more than 1 L water/L wine. In the European context, this annually equals to over a hundred million hectoliters of water, most of which eventually become wastewater. The winery wastewater is known to have high organic loads, most frequently quantified by chemical oxygen demand (COD). Particularly during the vintage season, the discharge of winery wastewater with extreme COD values can paralyze municipal wastewater treatment plants. As a result, the treatment plants pose strict limits on wastewater parameters. This forces wineries to either transport the wastewater to specialized facilities capable of handling the wastewater extremities, or invest into their own wastewater treatment plant. Since wine has been historically produced by small wineries, either option economically challenge these often family-owned companies. This work reflects the need for robust wastewater treatment technologies that would be able to handle winery wastewater parameters’ fluctuations throughout the year and the abovementioned peaks. The technologies are categorized into physicochemical, biological, membrane, advanced oxidation and combined processes. There are a number of treatment methods that have shown a COD removal rate of over 90 %. However, they significantly vary in size, process flexibility and maintenance difficulty. Some alternative processes are also critically evaluated in the context of circular economy and water reuse, which can further improve the process economy for small- and medium-sized wineries.
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spelling doaj.art-0211f34a4bec46c48a6ba3a55162f0622022-12-22T04:04:57ZengAIDIC Servizi S.r.l.Chemical Engineering Transactions2283-92162022-09-019410.3303/CET2294141Winery Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Current Trends and Future PerspectiveVáclav MiklasMichal ToušMarta MiklasováVítezslav MášaDavid HornákThe water footprint of wineries is typically more than 1 L water/L wine. In the European context, this annually equals to over a hundred million hectoliters of water, most of which eventually become wastewater. The winery wastewater is known to have high organic loads, most frequently quantified by chemical oxygen demand (COD). Particularly during the vintage season, the discharge of winery wastewater with extreme COD values can paralyze municipal wastewater treatment plants. As a result, the treatment plants pose strict limits on wastewater parameters. This forces wineries to either transport the wastewater to specialized facilities capable of handling the wastewater extremities, or invest into their own wastewater treatment plant. Since wine has been historically produced by small wineries, either option economically challenge these often family-owned companies. This work reflects the need for robust wastewater treatment technologies that would be able to handle winery wastewater parameters’ fluctuations throughout the year and the abovementioned peaks. The technologies are categorized into physicochemical, biological, membrane, advanced oxidation and combined processes. There are a number of treatment methods that have shown a COD removal rate of over 90 %. However, they significantly vary in size, process flexibility and maintenance difficulty. Some alternative processes are also critically evaluated in the context of circular economy and water reuse, which can further improve the process economy for small- and medium-sized wineries.https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/12698
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