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Biomethanation study on some common Agro-industrial Organic wastes

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Satara-415002, Maharashtra, India
  • 2Department of Botany, Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Satara-415002, Maharashtra, India

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 14, Issue (4), Pages 8-11, October,22 (2025)

Abstract

India is in developing stage and requires high amount of energy to meet the increasing demand due to economic and industrial developmental activities. Almost all countries are using currently non-renewable energy sources to satisfy their energy requirement but these sources have numerous limitations and drawbacks. The energy resources which are renewable in nature have several advantages and benefits as far as our social, economic and ecological angles are concerned and to go towards sustainable development of environment, so that future generations will not get compromised. Biomass includes the plant and animal based organic matter and organic wastes of their origin. Biomass is converted into energy by several physical, chemical and methods of biological origin. India is basically agricultural country and organic waste is generated daily in large quantity. The generated wastes are highly perishable due to their high moisture and organic matter content. The management of the wastes from these sectors with inappropriate treatment methods cause the deterioration of health of environmental. Hence, the present study was focussed to study biomethanation of vegetable wastes with other agro-industrial wastes (viz. cattle dung, fruit waste, poultry waste and distillery waste) and the objectives were to treat these wastes to generate energy in the form of biogas energy and to study decrease in pollution potential of environment. The results indicated these agro-industrial wastes can be used as potential substrate for biomethanation to reduce its environmental pollution potential and sufficient energy generation in the form of biogas.

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