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Martínez-Orozco E, Nápoles-Armenta J, Gortáres-Moroyoqui P, Santiago-Olivares N, Ulloa-Mercado RG, De la Mora-Orozco C, Leyva-Soto LA, Alvarez-Valencia LH, Meza-Escalante ER, Rentería-Mexia AM. Treatment of tequila distillation volatile residues by electrochemical oxidation using titanium electrodes. Environ Technol 2023:1-14. [PMID: 37102406 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2206527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Tequila production occurs in Mexico's designated area of origin, principally in the Jalisco State. Its residues are a challenge in treatment and tracking due to a lack of technology, non-economic treatments available, low environmental consciousness and incipient control from authorities. In 2021, average production was close to 1.5 million tequila litres per day with an estimated residue yield of 10-12 litres of stillage (tequila vinasses) per tequila litre produced, including volatile fractions. This research aims to reduce organic matter by electrooxidation (EO) from 5 distillation volatile residual effluents (two-stage still distillation) from three tequila distilleries, first and second-stage heads and heads and tails and second-stage non-evaporated fraction. Round 3 mm titanium (grade-1) electrodes (one anode and one cathode) were used, with fixed voltage to a value of 30 VDC at 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 h with 75 experiments. Gas chromatography was used to analyse methanol, ethanol, acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, n-propanol, sec-butanol, iso-butanol, n-butanol, iso-amyl, n-amyl, and ethyl lactate content. Treatment shows positive results, reducing organic matter content in all effluents in a Chemical Oxygen Demand COD range of 580-1880 mg/L.h, particularly useful in the second-stage non-evaporated fraction for water recovery.HIGHLIGHTSResidual effluent treatment is beneficial to environmental and resource sustainability.Process without adding materials achieving cleaner treated effluents.Process aimed as the final step to recover water.This process could help the Tequila industry to reach a higher sustainability level by reducing water usage and untreated residues.
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Affiliation(s)
- Edgardo Martínez-Orozco
- Dirección de Recursos Naturales, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, México
- Departamento de Ingeniería Ambiental, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez Unidad Académica Arandas, Arandas, México
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- Cátedras CONACYT - Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, General Escobedo, México
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Ambiental, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez Unidad Académica Arandas, Arandas, México
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Ambiental, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez Unidad Académica Arandas, Arandas, México
- Centro Experimental Altos de Jalisco, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Tepatitlán, México
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- Cátedras CONACYT - Dirección de Recursos Naturales, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón, México
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Mendoza-Chávez CE, Carabin A, Dirany A, Drogui P, Buelna G, Meza-Montenegro MM, Ulloa-Mercado RG, Diaz-Tenorio LM, Leyva-Soto LA, Gortáres-Moroyoqui P. Statistical optimization of arsenic removal from synthetic water by electrocoagulation system and its application with real arsenic-polluted groundwater. Environ Technol 2021; 42:3463-3474. [PMID: 32072869 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1732472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Arsenic presence in the water has become one of the most concerning environmental problems. Electrocoagulation is a technology that offers several advantages over conventional treatments such as chemical coagulation. In the present work, an electrocoagulation system was optimized for arsenic removal at initial concentrations of 100 µg/L using response surface methodology. The effects of studied parameters were determined by a 23 factorial design, whereas treatment time had a positive effect and current intensity had a negative effect on arsenic removal efficiency. With a p-value of 0.1629 and a confidence of level 99%, the type of electrode material did not have a significant effect on arsenic removal. Efficiency over 90% was reached at optimal operating conditions of 0.2 A of current intensity, and 7 min of treatment time using iron as the electrode material. However, the time necessary to accomplish with OMS arsenic guideline of 10 µg/L increased from 7 to 30 min when real arsenic-contaminated groundwater with an initial concentration of 80.2 ± 3.24 µg/L was used. The design of a pilot-scale electrocoagulation reactor was determined with the capacity to meet the water requirement of a 6417 population community in Sonora, Mexico. To provide the 1.0 L/s required, an electrocoagulation reactor with a working volume of 1.79 m3, a total electrode effective surface of 701 m2, operating at a current intensity of 180 A and an operating cost of 0.0208 US$/day was proposed. Based on these results, electrocoagulation can be considered an efficient technology to treat arsenic-contaminated water and meet the drinking water quality standards.
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- Claudia Erika Mendoza-Chávez
- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Centro de Investigación e Innovación Biotecnológica, agropecuaria y ambiental), Ciudad Obregón, México
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), Université du Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), Université du Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), Université du Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), Université du Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Centro de Investigación e Innovación Biotecnológica, agropecuaria y ambiental), Ciudad Obregón, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Centro de Investigación e Innovación Biotecnológica, agropecuaria y ambiental), Ciudad Obregón, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Centro de Investigación e Innovación Biotecnológica, agropecuaria y ambiental), Ciudad Obregón, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Centro de Investigación e Innovación Biotecnológica, agropecuaria y ambiental), Ciudad Obregón, México
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Centro de Investigación e Innovación Biotecnológica, agropecuaria y ambiental), Ciudad Obregón, México
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Balderrama-Carmona AP, Valenzuela-Rincón M, Zamora-Álvarez LA, Adan-Bante NP, Leyva-Soto LA, Silva-Beltrán NP, Morán-Palacio EF. Herbicide biomonitoring in agricultural workers in Valle del Mayo, Sonora Mexico. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:28480-28489. [PMID: 31832947 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-07087-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Valle del Mayo is an important agricultural area at the northwest of Mexico where up to 20,000 L of a mix composed of glyphosate and tordon is used in drains and canals. This study was carried out in order to evaluate the cellular damage caused by glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and picloram in agricultural workers. Biomonitoring was performed through the quantification of herbicides in urine using HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) to then evaluate the cellular damage in exposed people by means of an evaluation of micronuclei and cellular proliferation in lymphocyte cultures. The urine samples (n = 30) have shown a concentration of up to 10.25 μg/L of picloram and 2.23 μg/L of AMPA; no positive samples for glyphosate were reported. The calculation of the external dose reveals that agricultural workers ingest up to 146 mg/kg/day; however, this concentration does not surpass the limits that are allowed internationally. As for the results for the micronuclei test, 53% of the workers showed cellular damage, and the nuclear division index test reported that there was a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the exposed and the control population, which indicated that the exposure time to pesticides in the people of Valle del Mayo can induce alterations which can cause chronic damage.
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- Ana Paola Balderrama-Carmona
- Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Sonora, Unidad Regional Sur, Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas 100, Colonia Francisco Villa, 85880, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Sonora, Unidad Regional Sur, Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas 100, Colonia Francisco Villa, 85880, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Sonora, Unidad Regional Sur, Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas 100, Colonia Francisco Villa, 85880, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Sonora, Unidad Regional Sur, Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas 100, Colonia Francisco Villa, 85880, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, 5 de febrero 818 Sur, Colonia Centro, 85000, Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Sonora, Unidad Cajeme, Blvd. Bordo Nuevo S/N, Ejido Providencia, 85199, Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Sonora, Unidad Regional Sur, Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas 100, Colonia Francisco Villa, 85880, Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
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Romero-Soto IC, Dia O, Leyva-Soto LA, Drogui P, Buelna G, Díaz-Tenorio LM, Ulloa-Mercado RG, Gortáres-Moroyoqui P. Degradation of Chloramphenicol in Synthetic and Aquaculture Wastewater Using Electrooxidation. J Environ Qual 2018; 47:805-811. [PMID: 30025033 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2017.12.0475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Chloramphenicol (CAP) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic widely used in animal farming and aquaculture industries. Despite its ban in many countries around the world, it is still used in several developing countries, with harmful effects on the surrounding aquatic environment. In this study, an electrooxidation process using a Ti/PbO anode was used to investigate the degradation of CAP in both synthetic solution and real aquaculture wastewater. A central composite design was used to determine the optimum conditions for CAP removal. Current intensity and treatment time had the most impact on the CAP removal. These two factors accounted for ∼90% of CAP removal. The optimum conditions found in this study were current intensity of 0.65 A, treatment time of 34 min, and CAP initial concentration of 0.5 mg L. Under these conditions, 98.7% of CAP removal was achieved with an energy consumption of 4.65 kW h m. The antibiotic was not present in the aquaculture wastewater, which received 0.5 mg L of CAP and was treated (by electrooxidation) under the optimum conditions. A complete removal of CAP was obtained after 34 min of treatment. According to these results, electrooxidation presents an option for the removal of antibiotics, secondary compounds, and other organic and inorganic compounds from solution.
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