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Industrial Wastewater to Biohydrogen Production via Potential Bio-refinery Route

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Biorefinery for Water and Wastewater Treatment

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Extensive and inappropriate use of water from industrial and other activities produce substantial quantity of wastewater worldwide. Wastewaters from different industries consist of significant quantity of nutrients viz. phosphorous, nitrogen and carbon. As such, the recovery of such nutrients through adequate sustainable technique has become a necessity. Amongst various available techniques, bio refinery routes utilizing dark fermentation and microalgae-based technologies have gained considerable recognition over the last few decades, along with its strategies for sustainable and cost effective treatment which allows degradation of more than 75% nutrient loads from wastewater. Comprehensive studies on the mechanism of bio refinery approach, its associated technologies and various microbial catalyst involved in bioenergy production from wastewater are extensively discussed and summarized in this chapter. The significant presence of value-added biomolecules in dark fermentation and harvested microalgae biomass along with its subsequent application in biohydrogen production has also been demonstrated. More apparently, the two stage coupling process and its possibilities towards potential bio refinery systems have been reviewed comprehensively. Comparative energy and economic aspects of biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater based on techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment are also taken into consideration. Taken together, this chapter effectively summarizes the modern developments and enhancement strategies for improving the potential of low-cost bio refinery system for wastewater treatments and resource recovery, which can present new insights on assisting the bio refinery approach towards promising environmental applications.

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Das, P.P., Deepti, Purkait, M.K. (2023). Industrial Wastewater to Biohydrogen Production via Potential Bio-refinery Route. In: Shah, M.P. (eds) Biorefinery for Water and Wastewater Treatment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20822-5_8

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