Impact of High Rates of Vinasse on Some Pertinent Soil Characteristics and on Sugarcane Yield in Mauritius

Soobadar, A.; Kwong, Kee

doi:10.1080/10440046.2011.620226

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“…However the chemical composition of vinasse in fact depends on numerous factors such as the sugarcane variety, the soil type and the process of preparing the alcohol (Parnaudeau et al, 2008;Soobadar and Ng Kee Kwong, 2012).…”

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Production of Microalgae Biomass Using Vinasse as Cultivation Medium.

Kheir

Farag

Abdel-Kader

2015

Journal of Scientific Research in Science

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Microalgae are one of the potential food sources in the future. Many authors have investigated the potential of wastewater as cultivation medium for microalgae, but utilization of sugarcane digested vinasse as cultivation medium for algae has not yet been reported. The purpose of this study was to test the potential of vinasse as an alternative source of nutrients for culturing microalgae. One pure strain of a green alga (Chlorella vulgaris) and two pure strains of blue green algae (Spirulina platensis and Nostoc commune) were used for this purpose. The three microalgae were grown on six various concentrations of vinasse from 0.01% to 0.03 and from 0.1% to 0.3% for 21 and 35 days. The present investigation showed that digested vinasse contained ammonia (NH 3), nitrate (NO 3), phosphate (PO 4), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), Sodium (Na), Potassium (K) and high Electron Conductivity (EC). The highest productivity of biomass by Chlorella vulgaris (368 x 10 6 mg/L) was observed when using 0.3% vinasse medium, by Nostoc commune (1400 x 10 6 /L mg/L) when using 0.01% medium and by Spirulina platensis (200 x 10 6 mg/L) when using 0.02% medium. The period of 35 days was better than 21 days for the growth of all examined species. No algal growth was observed when using higher concentrations of vinasse (from 1% to 6%). The present results show that it is possible to integrate the culturing of microalgae with the sugarcane industry product (vinasse) by means of anaerobic digestion.

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Production of Microalgae Biomass Using Vinasse as Cultivation Medium.

Kheir

Farag

Abdel-Kader

2015

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“…Slight increase in Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ decrease was observed in some well samples (see also Fig. 6d) the contribution of Na + and K + , but mainly increase of Na + ; K + exhibits strong tendency to be reincorporated in clay minerals, like in Mauritius soils (Soobadar and Ng Kee Kwong, 2012). The minor change is produced in well R (0 and 0'), and cationic exchange is suggested to occur in all sampled waters except for Santa Lucia wells, flooded by the heavy rainfalls during some periods.…”

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“…Results from lysimeter studies have indicated that vinasse does not negatively affect soil pH and salinity, and it slightly increases soil organic carbon and exchangeable K + in Mauritius soils (Soobadar and Ng Kee Kwong, 2012). Nitrate flux increase has also been observed in the laboratory experiments by Eykelbosh et al (2015).…”

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Vinasse application to sugar cane fields. Effect on the unsaturated zone and groundwater at Valle del Cauca (Colombia)

Ortegon

Arboleda

Candela³

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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Field assessment of vinasse application in sugarcane fields  Vinasse transport was assessed in vadose zone and aquifer  Major ions were efficiently retained due to vadose zone processes and plant uptake 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 *highlights Click here to view linked References AbstractExtensive application of vinasse, a subproduct from sugar cane plantations for bioethanol production, is currently taking place as a source of nutrients that forms part of agricultural management in different agroclimatic regions. Liquid vinasse composition is characterised by high variability of organic compounds and major ions, acid pH (4.7), high TDS concentration (117,416-599,400 mg L -1 ) and elevated EC (14,350-64,099 S cm -1 ). A large-scale sugar cane field application is taking place in Valle del Cauca (Colombia), where monitoring of soil, unsaturated zone and the aquifer underneath has been made since 2006 to evaluate possible impacts on three experimental plots. For this assessment, monitoring wells and piezometers were installed to determine groundwater flow and water samples were collected for chemical analysis. In the unsaturated zone, tensiometers were installed at different depths to determine flow patterns, while suction lysimeters were used for water samples chemical determinations. The findings show that in the sandy loam plot (Hacienda Real), the unsaturated zone is characterised by low water retention, showing a high transport capacity, while the other two plots of silty composition presented temporal saturation due to La Niña event (2010)(2011). The strong La Niña effect on aquifer recharge which would dilute the infiltrated water during the monitoring period and, on the other hand dissolution of possible precipitated salts bringing them back into solution may occur. A slight increase in the concentration of major ions was observed in groundwater (~5% of TDS), which can be attributed to a combination of factors: vinasse dilution produced by water input and hydrochemical processes along with nutrients removal produced by sugar cane uptake. This fact may make the aquifer vulnerable to contamination.

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“…Application of vinnase of about 120 m 3 /ha is considered as optimum recommendation to rice cultivation in low fertile red and lateritic soils where 25% of yield is increased over farmer practices (Das et al, 2010). In Mauritius, vinasse application of 100 m 3 ha -1 for 10 years to sugarcane crops produces additionally cane yield of 80 to 90 tonnes that is equivalent to one more crop season (Soobadar and KeeKwong, 2012). Vinasse practice of 80 m 3 ha -1 in entisols to sugarcane crops is better than trash management and farmers practice by yield, soil C and nitrogen stocks improvement (Alexander et al, 2006;Soobadarand and KeeKwong, 2012).…”

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Significance of vinasses waste management in agriculture and environmental quality- Review

Vadivel¹,

Minhas²,

P³

et al. 2014

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Vinasse is a waste material from distillery industries which has lot of organic and inorganic loads. It is utilized in agriculture for cheap nutrients source, ameliorating agents and animal feed beyond the limitation of high biochemical oxygen demand (BOD; 46100 to 96000 mgL-1), chemical oxygen demand (COD; 104000 to 134400 mgL-1) and total dissolved salts (30.5 to 45.2 dSm-1) content even after the pollutant removal treatments. Vinasse treatments with combined approach of aerobic and anaerobic methods are more effective by both cost and pollutant on removal efficiency. Optimized dose of vinasse application has significance over soil properties, crop qualities and yield improvement. Globally, it has high potential to substitute potassium and nitrogen nutrients to the present level of annual consumption. It also contributes a substantial amount of phosphorous, calcium, sulphur and micronutrients to crops. In developed countries, starchy vinasse used as animal feed on a lean season to animals that improved the feed digestibility and animal quality where feed shortages are experienced. However, inadequate knowledge of vinasse properties and mode of utilization in agriculture questioned environmental quality for ground water pollution. Further research is needed to be strengthened for increased pollutant removal efficiency and diversified utilization in different cropping system (temporal scale) for effective utilization and safe disposal to the ecosystem. This article aimed to give the vinasse kinds and their characteristics features, soil-vinases interaction mechanism and its influence on plant, soil and water quality as consequence in agriculture.

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Impact of High Rates of Vinasse on Some Pertinent Soil Characteristics and on Sugarcane Yield in Mauritius

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Production of Microalgae Biomass Using Vinasse as Cultivation Medium.

Production of Microalgae Biomass Using Vinasse as Cultivation Medium.

Vinasse application to sugar cane fields. Effect on the unsaturated zone and groundwater at Valle del Cauca (Colombia)

Significance of vinasses waste management in agriculture and environmental quality- Review

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