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Following the increasing energy demand due to rapid industrialization and anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from fossil fuel consumption, there is a need to identify a replacement of non-renewable sources for power generation to control the CO2 emission to the atmosphere. Though there are many renewable energy options available, these renewable sources have their limitations. Biogas production from anaerobic digestion (AD) can be a viable source of renewable energy especially when the feedstock for anaerobic digestion is taken from wastes generated by various industries. Treatment of these wastes not only reduces the environmental impact but also continuously generate renewable energy that could reduce the reliance of power consumption of an industry from the grid. This chapter provides an overview of AD process, current practices of AD of industrial wastewater and methods that could further improve biogas production from AD.
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Poh, P.E., Tan, D.T., Chan, ES., Tey, B.T. (2015). Current Advances of Biogas Production via Anaerobic Digestion of Industrial Wastewater. In: Ravindra, P. (eds) Advances in Bioprocess Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17915-5_9
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