BIO-THERAPY OF MOLASSES SPENT WASH USING HYBRID ANAEROBIC BAFFLE REACTOR.

The industrialization has not only brought development and prosperity but eventually disturbed the ecosystem. One of the biggest environmental problems faced by the world is management of molasses spent washes released from sugar industry.The impacts is visible in the form of pollution of land and water resources. The conventional methods of treatment are very costly, energy intensive and generate toxic sludge. Even-though, pollution prevention focuses on preventing the generation of waste, waste minimization reduces the volume and toxicity of hazardous waste by adopting proper recycling and reuse methods .Now-a-days the need for waste minimization and obtaining revenue through by-product recovery is an emerging trend in treatment processes. In addition to that, consumption of a large quantity of processed water and safe disposal of enormous volumes of effluent is a major challenge .This research has tried to harness the potential of hybrid anaerobic baffle reactor aided with principles of Green Chemistry Approach to treat molasses spent wash in controlled condition. Also,hybrid technologies having biological processes as a core appears to be more challenging. In our project, molasses spent wash released from sugar industry is treated anaerobically using hybrid anaerobic baffle reactor. With this new hybrid & biological treatment technology aided with the principle of green chemistry approach,we were able to treat spent wash, utilize by-products like biogas, treated water and organic manure for revenue generation and in agricultural practices respectively thereby reducing the demand for irrigation water, fossil fuels and organic manure for agricultural fields. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of HABR in the reduction of BOD, COD and produce valuable byproducts from molasses spent wash. The study involves the examination of experimental conditions such as pH of the solution, concentration of the solution, and amount of NPK present in sludge for direct utilization as organic manure.