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Published on: April 26, 2024
Study on biomethonization of waste water from jam industries
1Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. smohan@iitm.ac.in
Abstract:
Anaerobic digestion of wastewater from jam industries was studied in a continuous reactor with different organic loading rates (OLR) and the optimum organic loading rate was 6.5 kg COD/m(3)/day when it was operated with three days HRT. The biodegradability of wastewater in batch experiments was about 90%. The removal efficiency of total COD and soluble COD were found to 82% and 85%, respectively. The specific methane production was 0.28 m(3)/kg of COD removed/day.
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