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Rapid development of the industrial and domestic sectors has led to the rise of several energy and environmental issues. In accordance with sustainable development and waste minimization issues, biohydrogen production along with biomethane production via two-stage fermentation process using microorganisms from renewable sources has received considerable attention. In the present study, biohythane production with simultaneous wastewater treatment was studied in a two-stage (Biohydrogen and Biomethane) fermentation process under anaerobic conditions. Optimization of high organic content (COD) distillery spent wash effluent (DSPW) with dilution using sewage wastewater was carried out. Addition of leachate as a nutrient source was also studied for effective biohythane production. The experimental results showed that the maximum biohythane production at optimized concentration (substrate concentration of 60 g/L with 30% of leachate as a nutrient source) was 67 mmol/L bio-H2 and with bio-CH4 production of 42 mmol/L.
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We are thankful to the University Grants Commission (UGC) BSR Fellow, Government of India/Bharat Sarkar - Sanctions order No. F.18-1/2011(BSR) for providing facilities and Dr. D Bhagawan would like to thank the UGC for the encouragement to carry out the research work (order No. F./31-1/2017/PDFSS-2017-18- TEL-14164 and Dr. Kavita Verma would like to acknowledge the Department of Biotechnology (DBT-RA Program in Biotechnology and Life Sciences), Government of India/Bharat Sarkar.
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This work received financial support from the University Grants Commission (UGC) BSR Fellow, Government of India/Bharat Sarkar – Sanctions, order no. F.18-1/2011(BSR).
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Saranga, V.K., Kumar, P.K., Verma, K. et al. Effect of Biohythane Production from Distillery Spent Wash with Addition of Landfill Leachate and Sewage Wastewater. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 190, 30–43 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-019-03087-x
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